The United Senior Citizens Koalition ng Pilipinas, Inc.,[1][2] commonly known as United Senior Citizens Partylist, is a political organization in the Philippines representing the interests of the elderly, otherwise known as senior citizens in the Philippines.[3]
United Senior Citizens | |
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| — Philippine partylist — | |
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| Full name | United Senior Citizens Koalition ng Pilipinas, Inc. |
| Sector(s) represented | Senior citizens |
| COMELEC accreditation | 2018 |
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| Seats in the House of Representatives | 1 / 3 (Out of 63 party-list seats)
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| Representative(s) | Milagros Magsaysay |
Background
editUnited Senior Citizens states their establishment year to be 2018.[4]
United Senior Citizens vied for a seat in the Philippine House of Representatives in the 2022 elections.[5] They won a seat, but their accreditation as a partylist organization under the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) was disputed.[4] Consequentially, United Seniors was not among the partylist proclaimed as winners on May 26. On November 7, Milagros Magsaysay, a former representative of Senior Citizens Partylist in the 17th Congress took oath.[5]
They ran again for the 2025 election.[1]
Political positions
editThey advocate the creation of a nationwide unified senior citizens identity card to mitigate the proliferation of fake IDs. The organization also wants a universal social pension which will cover all eldery people and not just indigents.[6]
Electoral results
edit| Election | Votes | % | Secured Seats | Party-List Seats | Congress | 1st Representative | 2nd Representative | 3rd Representative | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 320,627 | 0.87% | 1 / 3 |
63 | 19th Congress 2022–2025 |
Milagros Magsaysay | N/a | N/a | [7] |
| Note: A party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, can win a maximum of three seats in the House of Representatives. | |||||||||
References
edit- 1 2 "United Senior Citizens Koalition ng Pilipinas, Inc". Rappler. May 13, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
- ↑ "17. UNITED SENIOR CITIZENS" (PDF). Commission on Elections. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
- ↑ "Party-list seeks better services for senior citizens". Philippine News Agency. April 24, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
- 1 2 "Registration ng United Senior Citizens Partylist tinanggihan ng Comelec". DZIQ Radyo Inquirer 990AM (in Filipino). May 29, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
- 1 2 Lalu, Gabriel Pabico (November 7, 2022). "United Senior Citizens party-list rep takes oath after winning fight for accreditation". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
- ↑ Inso, Futch Anthony; Erram, Morexette Marie (February 25, 2025). "Senior citizens partylist backs unified Senior Citizens ID". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
- ↑ Noriega, Richa (May 26, 2022). "Comelec proclaims 55 winning party-list groups in Eleksyon 2022". GMA News Online. Retrieved June 16, 2022.