Partido Barug, commonly known as BARUG, is a regional

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based in

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. Cebu City mayor Michael Rama is its founding president. BARUG is currently affiliated with

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since 2018. It has formed an alliance with Kugi Uswag Sugbo and Partido Panaghiusa for the

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History

Originally called as "Team Rama" and later "BARUG Team Rama", the party was formed in 2012 to support the candidacy of then

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Michael Rama, who bolted from

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on June 2, 2011. The group was accredited as a political party by the Commission on Elections on 2018 and changed its name from "Barug Team Rama" to "Partido Barug".

Electoral history

2013 local elections

In the 2013 elections, BARUG was allied with United Nationalist Alliance. They won four seats in the

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along with its candidates for

, Michael Rama and for vice mayor,

Edgardo Labella Edgardo Colina Labella (; May 22, 1951 – November 19, 2021) was a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as the mayor of Cebu City from 2019 until his death in 2021. Prior to becoming mayor, he was the city's vice mayor from 2013 to 2019 a ...

2016 local elections

In the 2016 elections, BARUG kept its alliance with United Nationalist Alliance endorsing then

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Jejomar Binay and then

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for

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and vice president, respectively. They won ten seats in the

along with its candidate for vice mayor,

2019 local elections

In the

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, BARUG withdrew its alliance with United Nationalist Alliance and allied itself with

after several of its members joined the latter. They won eight seats in the

along with its candidates for

and for vice mayor, Michael Rama.

2022 local elections

After the death of Mayor Labella on November 19, 2021, Rama ascended to the mayorship while Councilor

Dondon Hontiveros Donaldo "Dondon" Cabañes Hontiveros (born June 1, 1977) is a Filipino politician and former professional basketball player. He is a member of the Cebu City Council since June 30, 2022 and previously from 2019 to 2021. He was the Vice Mayor of Ce ...

became the new vice mayor. Barug nominated former councilor Jocelyn "Joy" Pesquera to fill Hontiveros' vacated seat. She was formally appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on February 11, 2022. In the

, BARUG continued to align itself with

. The party initially endorsed incumbent

Bong Go Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Tesoro Go (; born June 14, 1974) is a Filipino politician serving as a Senator since 2019. He previously served in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte as Special Assistant to the President and Head of the Presi ...

and incumbent

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for

and

, respectively. On November 30, 2021, Go withdrew his bid for the presidency prompting BARUG to choose a new presidential bet. On January 26, 2022, they declared their support for the

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of former senator

Bongbong Marcos Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. ( , , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines. He previously served as a senat ...

Electoral performance

Mayor

Vice mayor

House of Representatives

Cebu City

City council

Notes

References

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