Billionaire donors and business executives have always played key, albeit covert, roles in the campaign of national candidates. But the 2022 senatorial race showed that some candidates relied more on the money of family members as well as their own.
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But the 2022 senatorial race showed that some candidates relied more on the money of family members as well as their own to fund their campaigns. Election lawyer Donnah Guia Lerona-Camitan said it also “raises questions whether elected officials can make impartial decisions against the interests of their family businesses for the benefit of the public’s interest.”
A “limited or confined support base,” such as electoral campaigns largely funded by relatives or personal money, is not ideal, Reyes told the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism in an interview. During the first auction in 2022, the firm won 90.58% of auctioned solar capacity, or 1,350 of 1,490.38 megawatts , and 70.16%, or 1,380 of 1,966.93 MW, of renewable energy capacity across all technologies.a 25-year distribution franchise
Former Comelec Commissioner Luie Guia said a donor’s relationship with a candidate, “whether there is a violation or not, is already a red flag for a potential conflict of interest.” But he added that it is more important that disclosures are honest.because the firm is owned by her son, according to an Inquirer.net report. “In fact, I would always be out to make sure that there is no conflict,” she said in 2019.
Earlier this year, Kenneth, director of Altai Philippines Mining Corp., was embroiled in a controversy over alleged illegal mining operations in biodiverse-rich Sibuyan Island in Romblon. Protesting residents accused the company of operating without necessary permits and violating environmental policies.
. The family’s legal counsel claimed that the offshore companies were incorporated for “legitimate investment purposes” with plans to venture into “global trading.” The law distinguishes between individual and corporate donors, but Lerona-Camitan said it is “a red flag” if there is a “direct and causal link” between an individual donor and a company that holds government contracts.
Laurel is president of Frabelle Group, which ventures into deep-sea fishing and aquaculture, food manufacturing and processing, cold storage, shipyard operations, and real estate, among others. Ejercito, for his part, disclosed getting P20 million from his father, former president Joseph Ejercito Estrada, and P10 million from his mother, former San Juan City mayor Guia Guanzon Gomez.
Outside the family, Cayetano also benefited from the contributions of big business, including P10 million from Jaime Santos dela Rosa of Puregold Price Club, Incorporated. Hontiveros placed 11th in the race with 15.4 million votes, while Cayetano came in seventh with 19.3 million votes. His sister Wanda Tulfo Teo was the tourism chief for two years during the Duterte administration, while his brother Erwin Tulfo had a short stint as social welfare secretary during the first few months of the Marcos administration in 2022.
In August 2022, Padilla proposed a cable car project to help address traffic congestion in Metro Manila. In the same month, a bill was filed by Senator Ramon Bong Revilla, Jr. for the creation of a “mobility czar” office that will address transport and traffic issues. A similar bill was filed the following month by Estrada. Both Revilla and Estrada faced plunder and graft charges in relation to the multi-billion “pork barrel” scam.
However, Padilla did not include any of the Arroyos in his campaign finance disclosures. He listed only 15 individual and corporate donors. Escudero received P30 million from Lawrence Lubiano, president of Centerways Construction and Development, Incorporated. The amount is less than 1% of the construction firm’s awarded contracts.
Between January 2021 and March 2023, Ngu’s company won P1.73 billion worth of contracts from local government units and the Department of Education. Escudero also received P10 million from Arnel Isilen Peil of A.I.P. Construction, which won P1.74 billion worth of government contracts between January 2021 to March 2023, Philgeps data showed.special envoy to China for trade, investment, and tourism in March.
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