AAMBIS-Owa Party List
AAMBIS-Owa Party List Ang Asosayon Sang Mangunguma Nga Bisaya-Owa Mangunguma | |
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Ideology | Agrarianism |
Colors | Yellow |
Seats in the House of Representatives | 1 / 63 (Party-list seats only)
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Ang Asosasyon Sang Mangunguma Nga Bisaya-Owa Mangunguma, Inc., also known as the AAMBIS-Owa Party List, is a political organization based in Western Visayas with representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It aims to represent the interest of Filipino farmers.
History
18th Congress
Ang Asosasyon Sang Mangunguma Nga Bisaya-Owa Mangunguma (AAMBIS-Owa Party-list) participated in the 2019 House of Representatives elections where it won a seat for the 18th Congress. As a party-list it stated constituents are Filipino farmers. Sharon Garin, who has been AAMBIS-Owa's representative since 2010 in the 15th Congress, retained her seat in the House of Representatives. Garin belongs to a political family, with her cousin Jimmy Garin also a partylist nominee for the 2019 election and her husband Richard Garin a former congressman himself.
As representative, Garin proposed various measures concerning agriculture. She filed a bill proposing the amendment of the Customs Modernization and Tariffication Act (CMTA) which would enable the government to better deal with agricultural smuggling and improve trade facilitation. Garin also filed a legislation which proposed the regulation of e-cigarettes to protect the interest of tobacco farmers which also would mandate labels and health warnings to such products.
The partylist also facilitated the Department of Labor and Employment's Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program in the Western Visayas, although AAMBIS-Owa itself did not fund the program.
Electoral performance
Election | Votes | % | Party-list seats |
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2010 | 357,804 | 1.19% | 1 / 57
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2013 | 312,312 | 1.13% | 1 / 58
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2016 | 495,483 | 1.53% | 1 / 59
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2019 | 234,552 | 0.85% | 1 / 61
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2022 | 246,053 | 0.67% | 1 / 63
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Representatives to Congress
Period | 1st Representative | 2nd Representative | 3rd Representative |
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15th Congress 2010–2013 |
Sharon Garin | — | — |
16th Congress 2013–2016 |
Sharon Garin | — | — |
17th Congress 2016–2019 |
Sharon Garin | — | — |
18th Congress 2019–2022 |
Sharon Garin | — | — |
19th Congress 2022–2025 |
Lex Anthony Colada | — | — |