Chel Diokno is a lawyer, educator, writer and human rights and justice advocate, who began his work in the late 1980s. He served as a member of the presidential human rights committee, now the Commission on Human Rights, under former Presidents Corazon Aquino and Fidel Ramos and as a presidential adviser on human rights to the
Leila de Lima is a former election lawyer, former justice secretary, incumbent senator and outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte who is currently detained on drug charges which she and a number of rights groups believe to be fabricated and politically motivated. De Lima and Duterte first clashed in 2009 when she was leading an independent
Neri Colmenares is a veteran human rights lawyer and activist who was detained for four years when the Philippines was under Martial Law. In 2018, he filed the second petition accusing President Duterte of murder and crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court on behalf of eight victims of the “war on drugs“. He was
Alan Peter Cayetano is an incumbent lawmaker in the House of Representatives who has served in both chambers of Congress for over two decades. As House speaker from 2019 to 2020, he principally authored pandemic response laws Bayanihan 1 and 2 and led the passage of the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, among others. Throughout his
Bro John Castriciones is a lawyer and former agrarian reform secretary who has been practicing and teaching law for more than 23 years. He has also authored a number of books. He was made secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform in 2017, an appointment opposed by a number of agrarian reform activists and farmer
Jejomar Cabauatan Binay popularly known as Jojo, is a lawyer and politican. He was the 13th vice president of the Philippines. Before being elected vice president in 2010, Binay served as Makati mayor from 1988 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2010, becoming the patriarch of the dynasty controlling the city. His daughter Abigail is
Silvestre “Estring” Bello Jr. is running for a senatorial seat under the ruling party PDP-Laban. He was appointed as Isabela OIC governor by Local Government Secretary Luis T. Santos from 1987 until 1988. He is the brother of former justice secretary Silvestre “Bebot” Bello III. SILVESTRE HERNANDO BELLO JR. PROFILE Full Name: Silvestre Hernando Bello Jr.
Lutgardo “Lutz” Boco Barbo is a lawyer, politician, and an educator. He was Eastern Samar governor from 1987 until 1998. He was the chief of staff of Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III until 2016, and served as the Senate secretary until 2018. He is vice chairman and executive vice president of the PDP-Laban wing led by
Agnes Joyce Garlit Bailen is a lawyer, teacher, and former government official. She served the Department of Budget and Management as Undersecretary of Internal Management from 2016 to 2017, and Undersecretary of Internal Audit from 2017 to 2020. Agnes Bailen was the chief of staff the late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago from 2004 to 2006.
Carlos G. Serapio is a lawyer running for vice president under the Katipunan ng Kamalayang Kayumanggi Party. He specializes in cross-border transactions between Japan and the Philippines in his legal practice and served numerous consultancy posts under the Aquino administration’s Office of the President. He is campaigning on a platform of establishing a federal system
