Eufemia Cullamat

Last updated
Eufemia Cullamat
Rep. Eufemia Cullamat (18th Congress).jpg
Cullamat portrait during the 18th Congress
Member of the
Philippine House of Representatives
for Bayan Muna party-list
In office
June 30, 2019 –June 30, 2022
Servingwith Carlos Isagani Zarate and Ferdinand Gaite
Personal details
Born
Eufemia Campos

(1960-08-13) August 13, 1960 (age 63)
Lianga, Surigao del Sur, Philippines
Political party Bayan Muna
ChildrenJevilyn Cullamat (deceased)
Jikson Cullamat
ProfessionPolitician
Human rights activist
Lawyer

Eufemia Campos Cullamat [1] (born August 13, 1960), also known as Ka Femia, is a Filipina farmer, activist, and politician. She was a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for the 18th Congress under the Bayan Muna party-list group. She is the second Manobo to serve in Congress after former Cotabato Representative Nancy Catamco. [2]

Contents

As a tribal leader and activist, she has been active in movements to fight for the rights of indigenous peoples in the Philippines since the 1980s. She was chair of Lumad organization Kahugpungan sa Lumadnong Organisasyon sa Caraga (Kasalo Caraga). [3] [4]

Biography

Cullamat is a member of the Manobo people from the mountains of Barangay Diatagon in Lianga, Surigao del Sur. She has been active in movements to fight for the rights of indigenous peoples in the Philippines since the 1980s. [5]

She was a community development worker at the Tribal Filipino Program of Surigao del Sur (TRIFPSS).

She helped found Malahutayong Pakigbisog Alang sa Sumusunod (MAPASU) in 1996 and served as one of its council members. She was also chair of Lumad organization Kasalo Caraga.

Political career

Cullamat authored or supported a number of bills and resolutions as a member of the 18th Congress. She co-authored the anti-endo bill seeking to give security of employment to workers by ending the practice of endo or labor contractualization. [6]

She also co-authored the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill, which aims to prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation. [7]

Cullamat supports the renewal of ABS-CBN's TV and radio broadcasting franchise. [8]

She supports climate justice and is one of the principal authors of a House of Representatives resolution declaring a climate and environmental emergency. The resolution gives the Philippine government justification to pursue climate justice from industrialized countries whose actions have triggered destructive climate change effects. [9]

Advocacies

Cullamat is involved in the fight for the rights of national minorities and is active in Indigenous peoples organizations. [10] [11] She campaigns to protect Lumad schools in Mindanao and continues to protest the persecution and red-tagging of Lumad communities and their leaders. [12] [3]

Cullamat has called for an end to mining and logging on ancestral lands, where Indigenous peoples are harassed and face displacement. [13]

Death of Jevilyn Cullamat

On November 29, 2020, her youngest daughter Jevilyn Campos Cullamat died in an encounter with the 3rd Special Forces “Arrowhead” Battalion of the Philippine Army in Marihatag, Surigao Del Sur. [14] The battalion alleged that she was a medic for New People's Army unit in Surigao Del Sur. The battalion also allegedly recovered firearms, ammunition, and subversive documents at the encounter site. Antonio Parlade Jr. of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict alleged that Jevilyn's death is proof of Bayan Muna's role in recruiting the youth to the NPA. [15]

Jevilyn's death was a subject of controversies. The Makabayan bloc condemned the manner of the rebel's corpse after photographs were posted depicting what they say as Jevilyn's "obviously artificially posed body" along with confiscated paraphernalia. The bloc said that the remains were treated as a war trophy. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has called for the investigation on the body's treatment and a review protocol in handling bodies of rebels killed in battle. [16]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Agusan del Sur</span> Province in Caraga, Philippines

Agusan del Sur, officially the Province of Agusan del Sur, is a province in Caraga region, Mindanao, Philippines. Its capital is the municipality of Prosperidad. It is bordered on the northwest by Agusan del Norte and Misamis Oriental; east by Surigao del Sur; southeast by Davao Oriental; mid-south by Davao de Oro; southwest by Davao del Norte and, mid-west by Bukidnon. It is the fourth largest province in the country in terms of area, with the size of 3,856 sq miles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Surigao del Sur</span> Province in Caraga, Philippines

Surigao del Sur, officially the Province of Surigao del Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Caraga region in Mindanao. Its capital is Tandag City. Surigao del Sur is situated at the eastern coast of Mindanao and faces the Philippine Sea to the east.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cantilan</span> Municipality in Surigao del Sur, Philippines

Cantilan, officially the Municipality of Cantilan, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 34,060 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bayan Muna</span> Political party in the Philippines

Bayan Muna is a party-list in the Philippines, a member of the leftist political coalition Makabayan. The motto of the party is "New Politics, the Politics of Change", against "traditional, elitist, pro-imperialist politics". Its platform includes the advocation of a government that progressively supports the working class, with meaningful representation of all democratic sectors in the Philippines. Bayan Muna was the second most popular party-list party in the 2007 Philippine elections. In 2009, Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo and former Bayan Muna and incumbent Gabriela Representative Liza Maza ran for senate seats as guest candidates under the ticket of billionaire real estate magnate Senator Manny Villar. Ocampo said that their common objective “is to emancipate the people from widespread poverty and social injustice."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barobo</span> Municipality in Surigao Del Sur, Philippines

Barobo, officially the Municipality of Barobo is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 53,146 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lianga</span> Municipality in Surigao del Sur, Philippines

Lianga, officially the Municipality of Lianga, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,869 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lumad</span> Group of Austronesian indigenous people

The Lumad are a group of Austronesian indigenous peoples in the southern Philippines. It is a Cebuano term meaning "native" or "indigenous". The term is short for Katawhang Lumad, the autonym officially adopted by the delegates of the Lumad Mindanao Peoples Federation (LMPF) founding assembly on 26 June 1986 at the Guadalupe Formation Center, Balindog, Kidapawan, Cotabato, Philippines. Usage of the term was accepted in Philippine jurisprudence when President Corazon Aquino signed into law Republic Act 6734, where the word was used in Art. XIII sec. 8(2) to distinguish Lumad ethnic communities from the islands of Mindanao.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liza Maza</span>

Liza Maza is a Filipina activist who was the lead convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission under the Duterte administration from August 2016 until her resignation in August 2018. She was a member of the Philippine House of Representatives, representing the Gabriela Women's Party.

Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan is a coalition of twelve party-lists in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It was founded on April 16, 2009. The founding assembly was held at UP Theatre, Diliman, Quezon City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlos Isagani Zarate</span> Filipino politician, lawyer, and activist

Carlos Isagani "Kaloi" Tabora Zarate is a Filipino politician, lawyer, and activist who served as a Party-list Representative for Bayan Muna from 2013 to 2022. He was also the deputy minority leader in the 18th Congress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Advocates of Science and Technology for the People</span>

Advocates of Science and Technology for the People, or simply Agham, is a non-governmental science advocacy organization based in the Philippines. Founded in 1999 by professors and students of the University of the Philippines Diliman, the group focuses its campaigns and community service in the areas of food security, public utilities, environment, national industrialization, science education, and the welfare of scientists in the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kabataan</span> Philippine party list affiliated with Makabayan

Kabataan, also known as the Kabataan Partylist and formerly known as Ang Nagkakaisang Kabataan Para sa Sambayanan, is a partylist in the Philippines affiliated with the leftist political coalition Makabayan. It is currently represented by Raoul Manuel at the Philippine Congress since 2022. According to its website, the partylist represents the youth sector, and aims to "galvanize the Filipino youth’s unity for social change," believing that the youth should "devote its intellect, energy, and courage to building a new society devoid of corruption, inequality, and social injustice."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ACT-CIS Partylist</span> Political party in Philippines

The ACT-CIS Partylist, officially the Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support Partylist, is a political organization which has party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. They are supported primarily by radio and television broadcasters brothers Raffy Tulfo and Erwin Tulfo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Elago</span> Filipino politician (born 1989)

Sarah Jane Ibañez Elago is a Filipino activist and politician. She was a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for its 17th and 18th Congress, both times representing the youth sector under Kabataan Party-list. Before entering Congress, she was also the national president of the National Union of Students in the Philippines. As of May 2019, she was the youngest female lawmaker in the Philippines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arlene Brosas</span> Filipina educator, activist and politician

Arlene D. Brosas is a Filipina educator, child rights activist, and politician. She is a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for the 19th Congress and was part of the 18th Congress under the Gabriela Women's Party-list group.

Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay was a Filipino Lumad leader and environmentalist. She was the first and only female chieftain in the history of the Manobo people and has been described as "Mother of the Lumads". She was an advocate of indigenous peoples' rights and had been a defender of Manobo ancestral lands and the Pantaron Mountain Range from 1994.

Anakbayan is an international militant youth organization espousing Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and National Democracy based in the Philippines. It is part of the broader Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, a left-wing alliance in the Philippines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Protests during the State of the Nation Addresses of Rodrigo Duterte</span>

The State of the Nation Addresses of Rodrigo Duterte, the 16th president of the Philippines, were met with several protests.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">France Castro</span> Filipina educator, activist and politician

Francisca Lustina Castro is a Filipino educator, trade union activist, and politician. She is a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for the 19th Congress and was part of the 18th Congress under the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) party-list group. In Congress, she is among the principal authors of Republic Act 11466, which increased the minimum monthly salary of nurses in the Philippines. Castro is the former secretary general of ACT. In 2019, she was awarded the Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights for her work organizing teachers and the Febe Velasquez Trade Union Rights Award for her work in defense of trade unions and human rights.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chad Booc</span> Filipino activist (1995–2022)

Chad Errol Ramirez Booc was a Filipino volunteer Lumad teacher. He was known as an activist vocal on-ground and in social media.

References

  1. ↑ "Lawmaker's daughter killed in Surigao del Sur clash". CNN Philippines. November 29, 2020. Archived from the original on November 30, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  2. ↑ Mascariñas, Erwin M. (June 9, 2019). "'Lumad' takes IP struggle to Congress". Inquirer. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  3. 1 2 Umil, Anne Marxze (2018-10-31). "UP community slams Uson's red-tagging of Lumad schools". Bulatlat. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  4. ↑ Panganiban, Chris V. (October 1, 2018). "'Lumad' vow to testify vs Duterte at ICC". Inquirer. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  5. ↑ Umil, Anne Marxze (2014-12-09). "Eufemia Cullamat, leading generations of Manobo". Bulatlat. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  6. ↑ Roxas, Pathricia Ann V. (2019-08-05). "Makabayan refiles 'stronger, pro-worker' anti-endo bill". Inquirer. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  7. ↑ Bonette, Aaron (July 4, 2019). "SOGIE Equality Bill filed anew in 18th Congress". Outrage Magazine. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  8. ↑ Yap, D. J. (2020-01-28). "Makabayan bloc files bill seeking ABS-CBN franchise renewal". Inquirer. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  9. ↑ Rosario, Ben (2020-11-26). "House declares climate emergency; PH may now pursue int'l justice". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  10. ↑ Hallare, Katrina (2020-07-27). "LOOK: Progressive solons' carries on with protest fashion". Inquirer. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  11. ↑ Clarin, Alyssa Mae (2019-07-22). "Manobo leader Eufemia Cullamat to represent indigenous peoples in Congress". Bulatlat. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  12. ↑ "DepEd formally shuts down 55 Lumad schools in Davao". Rappler. October 8, 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  13. ↑ "Who's who: Winning party-lists and their representatives". Philippine Star. July 22, 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  14. ↑ "Daughter of Bayan Muna solon dies in encounter with military". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  15. ↑ Punongbayan, Michael (December 1, 2020). "AFP links Makabayan bloc anew to CPP-NPA". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  16. ↑ Mangosing, Frances (November 30, 2020). "Lorenzana orders review of protocol in handling slain rebels' remains". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.