The ACT-CIS Partylist, officially the Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support Partylist, is a political organization which has

party-list An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can ...

representation in the

House of Representatives of the Philippines The House of Representatives of the Philippines ( fil, Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas, italic=unset, ''Kamara'' or ''Kamara de Representantes'' from the Spanish language, Spanish word ''cámara'', meaning "chamber") is the lower house ...

. They are supported primarily by radio and television broadcasters brothers

Raffy Tulfo Raffy is a given name and a nickname. It may refer to: *Rafael Palmeiro (born 1964), Cuban former Major League Baseball player *Ken Raffensberger (1917–2002), American Major League Baseball pitcher *Raffaella Rossi (born 1974), Italian ski mounta ...

and

Erwin Tulfo Erwin Teshiba Tulfo () is a Filipino news anchor, broadcaster, and columnist who was the Secretary of Social Welfare and Development from June 30, 2022, under the presidency of Bongbong Marcos until December 27, 2022 due to his appointment bei ...

. In the 2019 National Elections, ACT-CIS got the most number of votes in the party-list race with 2,651,987 votes.

Electoral performance

Representation in the Congress

16th Congress of the Philippines The 16th Congress of the Philippines ( fil, Ikalabing-anim na Kongreso ng Pilipinas) composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from July 22, 2013, until June 6, 2016, during the last three years of Benigno Aquino III's ...

** Samuel Pagdilao Jr. *

18th Congress of the Philippines The 18th Congress of the Philippines ( fil, Ikalabingwalong Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines, House of Representatives, met from July 22, 2019, until June 1, 2022, during th ...

** Eric Go Yap (also ad-interim caretaker of

Legislative district of Benguet The legislative districts of Benguet are the representations of the province of Benguet in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through ...

) ** Jocelyn Tulfo **Rowena Niña Taduran * 19th Congress of the Philippines **Edvic G. Yap ** Jocelyn Tulfo **Jeffrey Soriano

Criticism

Election watchdog Kontra Daya claims that representation of marginalized groups is not a function that ACT-CIS serves given that the group’s second nominee Jocelyn Tulfo is the sister-in-law of

Ramon Tulfo Ramon "Mon" Teshiba Tulfo Jr. (; born November 22, 1946) is a Filipino TV host, radio broadcaster and columnist for ''The Philippine Star''. Early life and career He is the eldest of ten siblings (7 boys, 3 girls). He is the son of the late ...

, the Philippine President's special envoy to China. She also has ties with former tourism secretary

Wanda Tulfo Teo Wanda Corazon Teshiba Tulfo-Teo (; born November 4, 1952) is a Filipino travel agent who served as Secretary of the Philippines' Department of Tourism under the Duterte administration from July 2016 until her resignation on May 8, 2018. Early ...

, who was implicated in allegations of an anomalous government transaction, according to Kontra Daya.

External links

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References

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