The Citizens' Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC ) is a

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in the

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, founded in 1997. It is a party-list member in the

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. and is dedicated towards fighting graft,

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and

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in government. CIBAC is affiliated with the Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide.

History

Citizens' Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC) was established in 1997 as an organization which combats

and

in government. CIBAC stated that its activities include assisting on filing legal cases against erring government officials with the

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. It cooperated with the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) in 2000. It also took part in political protests including the

Second EDSA Revolution The Second EDSA Revolution (), also known as the Second People Power Revolution, EDSA 2001, or EDSA II (pronounced ''EDSA Two'' or ''EDSA Dos'', the Spanish word for "two"), was a political protest from January 17–20, 2001 which peacefully ...

Registered as a partylist with the

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(COMELEC) in 2001, CIBAC first sought representation in the

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in the national election held on the same year. CIBAC won a seat but was initially disqualified by the COMELC due to its religious affiliation with the Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide (JILCW). After the disqualification was contested, Joel Villanueva son of JILCW preacher

Eddie Villanueva Eduardo Cruz Villanueva (born October 6, 1946), most commonly referred to as Bro. Eddie Villanueva, is an evangelist and president-founder of the Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide (JILCW). Villanueva was previously a communist- atheist, radi ...

assumed office as house representative on February 6, 2002. In the 2004 election, CIBAC retained its seat but it filed a petition to gain a second seat. The Supreme Court in 2007 maintained that the calculations for seats based on the 2000 decision ''Veterans Federation Party et al. vs. COMELEC'' was appropriately applied for the 2004 vote.

Electoral performance

Representatives to Congress

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References

{{Philippine political parties Anti-corruption parties Party-lists represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines 1997 establishments in the Philippines