Coop-NATCCO

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Coop-NATCCO
— Philippine partylist —
Full nameCooperative NATCCO Party
Sector(s) represented Cooperatives
Founded1997;28 years ago (1997)
COMELEC accreditation1997;28 years ago (1997)
ColorsRed, Yellow, Blue
Seats in the House of Representatives
1 / 3
(Out of 63 party-list seats)
Representative(s) Felimon Espares

The Cooperative NATCCO Party (Coop-NATCCO) is a party-list in the Philippines which serves as the electoral wing of the National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO). Coop-NATCCO has represented the Philippine co-operative sector in the Philippine 11th Congress [1] since 1998 when the party won a seat in the House of Representatives in the first ever national party-list election held in the country that year. Coop-NATCCO has continued to win a seat in Congress in the succeeding party-list elections. [2]

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Coop-NATCCO representatives have included Cong. Jose R. Ping-ay [3] in the 14th and 15th Congress. During his term as chairperson in 2008, NATCCO reached the landmark first billion in assets. NATCCO became a secondary federation in 2004.Cong. Cresente C. Paez in the 11th Congress and Cong. Guillermo P. Cua in the 13th Congress and the 14th Congress. Despite its winning votes, Coop-NATCCO had no representative in the 12th Congress because of a disqualification case brought against the party by another party-list. The disqualification issue dragged for almost the whole length of the 12th Congress. In December 2003, the Commission on Election (COMELEC) upheld Coop-NATCCO as a qualified party-list but by that time, it was too late for Coop-NATCCO to have a Congress Representative proclaimed for the party. [2]

Creation

Coop-NATCCO Party-List was created by NATCCO leaders who viewed the party-list system as an opportunity to go beyond mere dependence on traditional politicians to push forward the co-operative's legislative agenda. [2]

On July 27, 1997, the NATCCO board met at Cauayan, Isabela, and approved the network's participation in the party-list election. On November 12, 1997, the board met again and commissioned Atty. Edmund Lao to prepare the party's manifestation to participate in the election and to draft the by-laws of Coop-NATCCO Network Party-List. [2]

Coop-NATCCO Party-List was registered with the COMELEC on November 11, 1997. On February 7, 1998, a COMELEC promulgation disqualified the party. Atty. Edmund Lao filed a motion for reconsideration. Meanwhile, the party still proceeded to come up with its list of 5 nominees. [2]

Electoral performance

ElectionVotes %SeatsRepresentative #1Representative #2Representative #3
1998 189,8022.07%1 Cresente Paez ——
2001 Disqualified
2004 270,9502.13%1 Guillermo Cua ——
2007 409,9872.12%2 Jose Ping-ay Cresente Paez —
2010 944,8643.14%2 Jose Ping-ay Cresente Paez —
2013 642,0052.32%2 Cresente Paez Antonio Bravo —
2016 671,6992.07%2 Antonio Bravo Sabiniano Canama —
2019 417,2851.50%1 Sabiniano Canama ——
2022 346,3410.94%1 Felimon Espares ——
2025 509,9131.22%1 Felimon Espares ——

References

  1. ↑ "COOP NATCCO Partylist bares achievement in Congress". Bicol Today. April 17, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Coop-NATCCO History". Cooperative NATCCO Network Party. Archived from the original on 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
  3. ↑ "News | NATCCO Network".
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