Tingog Party List | |
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| President | Glenn Jaro Capucion |
| Chairman | Mark Roa Gimenez |
| Founded | October 2, 2012 (2012-10-02) |
| Headquarters | Tacloban |
| Ideology | Regionalism |
| Colors | Blue, Orange |
| Slogan | Pagbag-o. Paglaum. Pag-uswag. (transl. Change, hope and progress.)[1] |
| Seats in theHouse of Representatives | 2 / 63 (Party-list seats only) |
Tingog Sinirangan (lit. 'Voice of the East'),[2] also known as theTingog Party List, is a political organization withparty-list representation in theHouse of Representatives of the Philippines.
Tingog was established on October 2, 2012, as Tingog Leytehon, a provincial political party based inLeyte province. The first chairman of Tingog was Leyte Governor Edgardo Enerlan and Leyte congressmanMartin Romualdez. It was accredited on August 19, 2015, by theCommission on Elections as a party-list organization making it eligible to seekparty-list representation in theHouse of Representatives as early as the2016 elections.[3]
The Tingog Party List aims to represent the interest ofEastern Visayans,[4] although it bills itself as an organization that provides a "regional perspective on national issues". It focuses on issues affecting the countryside or rural areas in general.[5] "Tingog" came from theWaray word for "voice".[6]
Tingog fielded Yedda Marie Romualdez, Jude Acidre, Jaime Go, Alexis V. Yu, and Jennifer Padual as its nominees for the2019 elections. The organization only secured one seat, which was filled in by Yedda Marie Romualdez.[4] She is not a newcomer, having beenLeyte's 1st district representative of the then just-concluded17th Congress.[7] During the18th Congress, theAlternative Learning System Act was passed into law. The corresponding bill in the House of Representative, had Romualdez as one of its principal authors and the measure was considered a priority by Tingog.[8][9]
Tingog took part in the2022 elections with Romualdez, Acidre, andKarla Estrada, Go, and Yu as its nominees.[1][10][11] Tingog gathered 886,959 votes, third fromACT-CIS and1-Rider Partylist during 2022 elections. Tingog is projected to gain an additional seat.[4]
Tingog withdrew from theMoU between theDBP andPhilHealth'sRural Hospital Financing Program amidcriticism fromhealth activists,finance andcivil society groups.[12]
| Election | Votes | % | Party-list seats |
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| 2016 | 210,552 | 0.65 | 0 |
| 2019 | 391,211 | 1.40 | 1 |
| 2022 | 886,959 | 2.41 | 2 |
| Period | 1st Representative | 2nd Representative |
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| 18th Congress 2019–2022 | Yedda Romualdez | — |
| 19th Congress 2022–2025 | Yedda Romualdez | Jude Acidre |
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