Coop-NATCCO | |
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| Founded | 1997 |
| Ideology | Co-operatism |
| National affiliation | NATCCO |
| Colors | Red, Yellow, Blue |
| Seats in the House of Representatives | 1 / 63 (Party-list seats only)
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The Cooperative NATCCO Party (Coop-NATCCO) is a party-list in the Philippines which serves as the electoral wing of the National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO). Coop-NATCCO has represented the Philippine co-operative sector in the Philippine 11th Congress[1] since 1998 when the party won a seat in the House of Representatives in the first ever national party-list election held in the country that year. Coop-NATCCO has continued to win a seat in Congress in the succeeding party-list elections.[2]
Coop-NATCCO representatives have included Cong. Jose R. Ping-ay[3] in the 14th and 15th Congress It was during his term as chairperson in 2008 that the NATCCO reached the landmark first Billion in Assets, just four years into the “Transformation Journey”. NATCCO became a secondary federation in 2004.Cong. Cresente C. Paez in the 11th Congress and Cong. Guillermo P. Cua in the 13th Congress and the present 14th Congress. Despite its winning votes, Coop-NATCCO had no representative in the 12th Congress because of a disqualification case brought against the party by another party-list. The disqualification issue dragged for almost the whole length of the 12th Congress. In December 2003, the (COMELEC) upheld Coop-NATCCO as a qualified party-list but by that time, it was too late for Coop-NATCCO to have a Congress Representative proclaimed for the party.[2]
- ^ "COOP NATCCO Partylist bares achievement in Congress". Bicol Today. April 17, 2013.
- ^ a b "Coop-NATCCO History". Cooperative NATCCO Network Party. Archived from the original on 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
- ^ "News | NATCCO Network".