Partido Barug

History

Originally called as BARUG Team Rama, the party was formed in 2012 to support the candidacy of then Mayor Michael Rama, who bolted from Bando Osmeña – Pundok Kauswagan on June 2, 2011.[2][3]

The group was accredited as a political party by the Commission on Elections on 2018 and changed its name from Barug Team Rama to Partido Barug.[4]

Electoral history

2013 local elections

In the 2013 elections, BARUG was allied with United Nationalist Alliance.[5]

They won four seats in the Cebu City Council along with its candidates for Mayor, Michael Rama and for Vice Mayor, Edgardo Labella.[6]

2016 local elections

In the 2016 Cebu City local elections, BARUG kept its alliance with United Nationalist Alliance.

They won ten seats in the Cebu City Council along with its candidate for Vice Mayor, Edgardo Labella.[7][8]

2019 local elections

In the 2019 elections, BARUG withdrew its alliance with United Nationalist Alliance and allied itself with PDP–Laban after several of its members joined the latter.[1][9]

They won eight seats in the Cebu City Council along with its candidates for Mayor, Edgardo Labella and for Vice Mayor, Michael Rama.[10]

References
  1. Luel Galarpe (17 October 2018). "Cebu City opposition bets file COCs". Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. Jessica Ann R. Pareja (3 June 2011). "Rama cuts ties with BOPK". Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  3. Jessica Ann R. Pareja (6 October 2012). "The race is on". The Freeman. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. Delta Dyrecka Letigio (11 December 2018). "Barug Team Rama changes group's name to Partido Barug". CDN Digital. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  5. Michelle Joy L. Padayhag (30 July 2015). "Rama announces candidates in party lineup". CDN Digital. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  6. "Rama proclaimed Cebu City mayor". Rappler. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  7. "Rama to file petition vs Osmeña's 'unbelievable' win". SunStar Cebu. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  8. "Osmeña takes back Cebu City". GMA News. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  9. "More local leaders joining Duterte". The Freeman. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  10. Delta Dyrecka Letigio (14 May 2019). "BO-PK still rules Cebu City Council". CDN Digital. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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