BALLOONS AND ALL The start of the eight-day period for filing certificates of candidacy for May 2025 elections has become a spectacle in itself, drawing this crowd at the Comelec desk set up in Manila Hotel. (File photo from GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE)
MANILA, Philippines — A former president of a fraternity is seeking a seat in the House of Representatives.
Habib Nelson Alonto Sarapuddin lodged the certificate of nomination and acceptance (Cona) of 1Agila party-list at Manila Hotel Tent City.
Sarapuddin declined to be interviewed after the filing.
He served as the national president of the group from 2021 to 2023.
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Gregorio Pacifico, spokesperson of 1Agila party-list, clarified they are not officially affiliated with the fraternity called Fraternal Order of Eagles.
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“We’re different, but we have links to them because our first nominee is the past president [of the organization],” Pacifico said in an ambush interview.
1Agila is a first-time party-list aspirant.
It was accredited by the Commission on Elections in July.
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