Sanlakas

Sanlakas Partylist
ChairmanMax Abalos
Founded29 October 1993
HeadquartersQuezon City
IdeologyProgressivism
Left-wing nationalism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationLaban ng Masa
ColorsBlue

Sanlakas is a party-list organization in the Philippines. It is a progressive coalition of different marginalized sectors in the Philippines founded on October 29, 1993.[1]

After topping the party-list tally in the National Capital Region,[2] Sanlakas won a seat in the House of Representatives in 1998,[3] the first party-list elections in the Philippines. Sanlakas won a seat in the lower house for the second time in 2001.[4]

Some of the notable affiliates of Sanlakas are Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino, Kongreso ng Pagkakaisa ng Maralita ng Lungsod (KPML), Aniban ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (AMA),[5] Zone One Tondo Organization (ZOTO),[6] Metro Manila Vendors' Alliance (MMVA),[7] Alliance of Transport Operators Member Intra-Cebu (ATOMIC),[8] Teachers' Dignity Coalition (TDC), Pagkakaisa ng mga Manggagawa sa Transportasyon (PMT), and Piglas-Kabataan.[9]

  1. ^ "Philippines progressives set up coalition | Green Left Weekly". greenleft.org.au. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  2. ^ "SANLAKAS: AFP 'Oplan' docu, a sinister plan to destroy militant partylist groups – SANLAKAS Partylist (March 22, 2007)". sanlakasonline.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-03. Retrieved 2010-08-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2012-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ APSN. "APSN | Thousands of workers join Lakbayan vs. hunger, poverty and corruption". asia-pacific-solidarity.net. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  6. ^ "Kilusang Masa: Mensahe ng Sanlakas sa Kongreso ng ZOTO". kilusangmasa.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  7. ^ "Vendors press for pact with QC government | Metro, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  8. ^ "Drivers' group skeds jeepney strike | Cebu News, The Freeman Sections, The Freeman | philstar.com". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  9. ^ "Local News | Sun.Star". SunStar. Retrieved 2015-06-24.