Bando Osmeña – Pundok Kauswagan (), commonly known as BO–PK or BOPK, is a local
political party
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based in
Cebu City
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,
Philippines
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. It is a political party run by the Osmeña family of
Cebu
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since 1987 when
Tomas Osmeña first ran for
mayor of Cebu City
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. Although not a registered political party with the
Commission on Elections (COMELEC), it has been used by Osmeña and his allies since 1998 when he ran with
Alvin Garcia as vice mayor.
History
In 2012, then vice mayor
Michael Rama bolted from the party and created his own group named as
Barug Team Rama, which was later changed to Partido Barug upon its registration in COMELEC. Its formation has prevented BOPK from achieving its previous feats of landslide victories in
2007
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and
2010
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local elections when it was only competing with
Kugi Uswag Sugbo of former Mayor Alvin Garcia.
It is currently affiliated with the
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
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There are no results available for the 2004 election for the House of Representatives, but according to the website of the House, the party held 7 out ...
since 2018. It was previously affiliated with the
Liberal Party and
Lakas-Christian-Muslim Democrats. Prior to that, it was the city's equivalent of another national party founded by another Osmeña scion, the
Probinsya Muna Development Initiative
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The party was founded in 1997 by Lito Osmeña ...
.
In the
2019 elections
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, BOPK won eight seats in the
Cebu City Council
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and two of its candidates for the
House of Representatives namely
Rodrigo Abellanosa and
Raul del Mar
Raul Veloso del Mar (March 20, 1941 – November 16, 2020) was a Filipino politician who served as the Representative of Cebu City's 1st district three times: from 1987 to 1998, from 2001 to 2010, and from 2013 until his death in 2020.
He wa ...
.
BOPK has also supported national candidates specifically for the position of
president
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and
vice president
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. In the 2010 elections, then
senators Noynoy Aquino
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and
Mar Roxas
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were endorsed by the party for president and vice president, respectively. As Roxas sought for the presidency in 2016, the party supported his candidacy along with his vice presidential candidate, then
representative
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of
Camarines Sur
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's
3rd district Leni Robredo
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. However, there were some barangay officials allied with the party that junked Roxas in favor then
Davao City mayor
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Rodrigo Duterte
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. Osmeña later revealed that while he supported Roxas, he also helped "protect" Duterte's vote in the city. The party is supporting Robredo for president in the 2022 elections saying that they like "leaders who listen and respond", according to its mayoral candidate and Osmeña's wife,
Margarita Osmeña, and
senator
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Tito Sotto
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for vice president.
Electoral performance
Mayor
Vice mayor
House of Representatives
Cebu City
City council
Representatives to Congress
Cebu City
See also
*
Partido Barug
*
Kugi Uswag Sugbo
*
Partido Panaghiusa
References
Local political parties in the Philippines
Regionalist parties
Regionalist parties in the Philippines
Politics of Cebu City
1987 establishments in the Philippines
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