An Waray Partylist kicks off Eastern Visayas campaign

TACLOBAN CITY, Feb. 9 -– The An Waray Partylist has kicked off its campaign in different parts of the region in its bid to gain a fresh term in the House of Representatives.

Rep. Ma Victoria Noel, second nominee Raoul C. Creencia, third nominee Patrick Aguilos, and former Rep. Bem Noel led in the ceremonial send-off of the party’s volunteers to different parts of the region.

The partylist held a mass and a simple lunch on Tuesday before mobilizing volunteers for a 90-day campaign.

In her message, Noel said that the volunteers should not be embarrassed in campaigning for An Waray because of its good track record.

An Waray played a key role in the passage of two major pro-poor legislations – the Republic Act 10644 or the Go Negosyo Act and Republic Act 10693 or the Micro Finance Non-Government Organization’s Act.

The partylist has been focusing its activities on education, youth development and livelihood program with more than 4,000 beneficiaries of its assistance to local government units.

The group also pushed for medical programs not only in Eastern Visayas where majority of Waray-speaking people resides, but also in big hospitals such as the Lung Center of the Philippines, National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Philippine General Hospital, Philippine Children’s Medical Center, Philippine Heart Center and the Philippine Orthopedic Center.

An Waray Partylist is a democratic multi-sectoral partylist organization that envisions a just progressive and peaceful Filipino society.

In the 2004 elections, An Waray won one seat in Congress with their first nominee Florencio Noel. (PNA)
LAP/SQM/Lizbeth Ann A. Abella