The Honorable
Joseph Stephen Paduano
Official portrait, 2019
Chair of the
House Committee on Public Accounts
Assumed office
July 27, 2022
Preceded byJose Singson Jr.
House Minority Leader
In office
October 19, 2020 – June 30, 2022
Preceded byBienvenido Abante
Succeeded byMarcelino Libanan
Member of the
Philippine House of Representatives
for Abang Lingkod party-list
Assumed office
May 28, 2014
Personal details
Born (1965-01-22) January 22, 1965
Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Political partyAbang Lingkod
ProfessionPolitician

Joseph Stephen Paduano (born January 22, 1965),[1] also known by his nom de guerre Carapali Lualhati, is a Filipino politician who previously served as the House Minority Leader from 2020 to 2022. He has been the party-list representative for Abang Lingkod since 2014.[2][3]

He was the national commander of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB), an armed communist revolutionary group.

Activism

Prior to his political career, Paduano was a member of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army—Alex Boncayao Brigade, the military wing of the Revolutionary Workers' Party, a communist party that split from the Communist Party of the Philippines. He went on to become its national commander with the nom de guerre of "Carapali Lualhalti."[4] Paduano later disengaged from the group as he sought to participate in the 2013 elections as a party-list representative for Abang Lingkod, to which he was its first nominee.[5][6]

Political career

Despite his party-list winning more than 260,215 votes in the 2013 elections and earning them one seat in the House of Representatives, Paduano's group was disqualified by the Commission on Elections because it "didn't have a track record." However, on October 22, 2013, the Supreme Court reversed the election body's decision saying that the said party-list "need not prove track record."[7] He was later sworn into office by then Speaker Feliciano Belmonte as the 290th member of the House of Representatives on May 28, 2014.[8]

As the party-list's first nominee, Paduano continued to serve in the House of Representatives after his group was re-elected in the 2016[9] and 2019 elections.[10][11]

In the 18th Congress, Paduano served as Deputy Minority Leader.[12] Of all the representatives who hail from Negros Occidental, it was only Paduano who did not vote for Pateros–Taguig lone district representative Alan Peter Cayetano as Speaker in 2019 and instead, voted for Manila 6th district representative Bienvenido Abante as he was hoping to remain as Deputy Minority Leader. Abante was later elected as Minority Floor Leader.[13]

He was a co-author to House Bill No. 3713, authored by Parañaque City 2nd district representative Joy Myra Tambunting, which sought to give a fresh 25-year franchise to ABS-CBN. During the 13th hearing on the network's franchise renewal on July 9, 2020, Paduano withdrew his co-authorship of the bill after concurring with the observations of Sagip party-list representative and Deputy Speaker Rodante Marcoleta that the network "has been funneling some of its income to Big Dipper" to "avoid paying taxes".[14]

On October 19, 2020, he was unanimously elected to become the Minority Floor Leader after Abante's resignation on October 16, 2020.[3] He is the first party-list representative to hold such a position.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "The Pride of EB Mag". ebmagalona.gov.ph. Municipality of EB Magalona, Negros Occidental. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  2. ↑ Ellera, Teresa (May 29, 2014). "Ex-rebel leader now congressman". SunStar. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Cepeda, Mara (October 16, 2020). "House minority leader Abante steps down, joins Velasco-led majority". Rappler. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ Arcangel, Xianne (May 28, 2014). "Ex-hit squad leader 'Carapali Lualhati' now a congressman". GMA News. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ "NPC stages 'show of force' for Alvarez-Lacson". SunStar. February 3, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2020. Former Revolutionary Proletariat Army (RPA) national commander Stephen Paduano, alias "Carapali Lualhati," the number one nominee of Abang Lingkod, which is seeking a seat in Congress via the party-list route, was also present.
  6. ↑ Bueza, Michael (June 14, 2013). "Sectoral? Party list votes come from reg'l bailiwicks". Rappler. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  7. ↑ Gomez, Carla (May 30, 2014). "Breakaway rebel now member of House". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  8. ↑ Panti, Llanesca (May 28, 2014). "House welcomes 290th member". The Manila Times. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  9. ↑ Bueza, Michael (May 14, 2016). "Regions, provinces deliver votes for party-list groups". Rappler. Retrieved October 21, 2020. Newly-created Negros Island Region also went all out for the Abang Lingkod party list, which has reelectionist Representative Joseph Stephen Paduano and outgoing Negros Oriental Representative Manuel Iway as its first two nominees.
  10. ↑ Canet, Carla (June 28, 2019). "Albee Benitez bids farewell". SunStar Bacolod. Retrieved October 21, 2020. He administered the oath of office of his brother Congressman-elect Kiko Benitez after his SODA including that of re-elected Abang Lingkod Partylist Rep. Stephen Paduano.
  11. ↑ "Who's who: Winning party-lists and their representatives". The Philippine Star. July 22, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  12. ↑ Gascon, Melvin (August 3, 2019). "Pulong, 30 PDP-Laban congressmen join NUP". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 21, 2020. For the minority bloc, PCFI members who landed important posts were Abang Lingkod Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano as deputy minority leader, and Magsasaka Rep. Argel Joseph Cabatbat as assistant minority leader.
  13. ↑ Ellera, Teresa (July 22, 2019). "Paduano explains vote for Abante". SunStar Bacolod. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  14. ↑ Cepeda, Mara (July 9, 2020). "Party-list reps Paduano, Salo withdraw authorship of ABS-CBN franchise bills". Rappler. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  15. ↑ Rosario, Ben (October 19, 2020). "Rep. Paduano, Velasco's supporter, elected House minority leader". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved October 21, 2020. Paduano, a known ally of Velasco, will be the first party-list solon to hold the post.
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