P3PWD

P3PWD Party List
HeadquartersQuezon City
ColorsYellow, Red, Cyan
Sector representedPersons with disabilities and patients
Website
p3pwdpartylist.org

The Komunidad ng Pamilya Pasyente at Persons with Disabilities (lit.'Community of Families, Patients, and Persons with Disabilities'), also known as the P3PWD Party List,[1] is a political organization seeking party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines.

Background

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The P3PWD Party List ran in the 2022 House of Representatives elections managing to secure a single seat.[2][3] The party listed Grace Yaneza, Ira Paulo Pozon, Marianne Heidi Fullon, Peter Jonas David, and Lili Grace Tiangco as its official nominees while former Commission on Elections commissioner Rowena Guanzon was actively involved in the organization's campaigning.[4] P3PWD aims to represent the interest of persons with disabilities (PWDs) and patients.[5][6]

Guanzon announced herself as the presumptive representative for P3PWD, despite not being on the organization's official nominees list.[4] At that time, the Commission on Elections stated that it has also not received any documents for substitution that would make Guanzon eligible to fill in P3PWD's seat.[7]

On June 14, 2022, all five of the party's official nominees resigned, with three of the nominees citing personal reasons. The party submitted a certificate of nomination to the COMELEC that day, comprising Rowena Guanzon, Rosalie Garcia, Cherrie Belmonte-Lim, Donnabel Tenorio, and Rodolfo Villar Jr.[8] [9]

Acting COMELEC spokesperson Rex Laudiangco confirmed that the COMELEC has received their new certificate of nomination, stating that the "matter is subject to the deliberation of the Commission en banc".[10]

On June 15, the COMELEC en banc allowed Guanzon to sit as the party's first nominee.[11]

In 2024, the Supreme Court barred Guanzon from taking her congressional office by nullifying her nomination, citing grave abuse of discretion by COMELEC in approving her substitution past the designated deadline. The High Tribunal also declared null and void Rosalie J. Garcia, Cherie B. Belmonte-Lim, Donnabel C. Tenorio, and Rodolfo B. Villar's nominations.[12]

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On June 21, 2022, Duterte Youth party-list filed a petition asking the Supreme Court (SC) to prohibit Guanzon from taking a seat designated for the P3PWD party-list.[13][14] The SC decided on June 29 to temporarily stop a COMELEC resolution allowing her substitution.[15]

Prior to the decision from the SC, the COMELEC en banc denied Duterte Youth's complaint against the substitution of Guanzon.[16]

Meanwhile, Guanzon, on June 21, filed libel and unjust vexation charges against Duterte Youth chairman and National Youth Commission chairman Ronald Cardema before the Quezon City Prosecution Office;[13][17] and on June 28, filed a complaint against him before the Office of the Ombudsman, all regarding the latter's statements in connection to her substitution.[18]

Electoral performance

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Election Votes % Party-list seats
2022 391,174 1.06 1

Representatives to Congress

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Period 1st Representative 2nd Representative 3rd Representative
19th Congress
2022–2025
Maria Camille Ilagan
(2024–[n 1])

Notes

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  1. ^ Proclaimed on 15 December 2024, after the Supreme Court invalidated the substitution of its previous first nominee Rowena Guanzon.

References

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  1. ^ "Certified List of Candidates (National) (Philippines) - Party Lists" (PDF). Commission on Elections. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  2. ^ Patinio, Ferdinand (May 26, 2022). "55 party-list groups to be proclaimed Thursday afternoon". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Comelec proclaims new batch of party-list groups in 19th Congress". Rappler. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Guanzon in limbo as P3PWD nominee despite celebratory posts as incoming solon". CNN Philippines. May 16, 2022. Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "Mga dapat malaman hinggil sa party-list system ng Pilipinas". BilangPilipino (in Filipino). TV5. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  6. ^ "About". Facebook. P3PWD - Komunidad ng Pamilya, Pasyente at Person's With Disabilities. May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  7. ^ Cruz, RG (May 16, 2022). "Comelec yet to receive substitution docs for P3PWD party-list". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  8. ^ "In Comelec filing, Rowena Guanzon formalizes party-list substitution bid". June 14, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  9. ^ Bordey, Hana (June 14, 2022). "Guanzon named 1st nominee of P3WD party-list". GMA News. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  10. ^ Fernandez, Daniza (June 14, 2022). "P3PWD Party-list nominees resign; Guanzon name comes out as replacement". Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  11. ^ Bordey, Hana (June 15, 2022). "Comelec en banc allows Guanzon to sit as P3PWD party-list rep". GMA News. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  12. ^ Mendoza, John Eric (November 20, 2024). "P3PWD should not appeal SC decision on Guanzon". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Guanzon, Cardema swap raps". Philstar.com. June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  14. ^ "Cardema to court: Disqualify Guanzon". The Manila Times. June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  15. ^ "SC issues TRO vs. Guanzon's substitution as P3PWD party-list nominee". GMA News. June 29, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  16. ^ Bordey, Hana (June 23, 2022). "Comelec denies Duterte Youth bid vs. Guanzon substitution as party-list rep". GMA News. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  17. ^ "Guanzon files libel, unjust vexation raps vs Cardema". Inquirer.net. June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  18. ^ "Ex-Comelec exec files complaint vs Cardema". The Manila Times. June 29, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
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