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Ex-MMDA spox Celine Pialago seeks seat as party-list representative

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<p>MANILA (UPDATE)—Newly-created partylist group Malasakit Movement, through its first nominee Pircelyn Celine Pialago, filed Wednesday its certificate of candidacy for the 2022 elections.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JUST IN: Ex-MMDA spokeperson Pircelyn “Celine” Pialago files candidacy for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2022</a> through her partylist Malasakit Movement.<br/><br/>The partylist will represent “barangay representatives, kagawads, barangay tanod frontliners &amp; barangay health workers.” | via <a href="https://twitter.com/jauhnetienne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jauhnetienne</a> <a href="https://t.co/nTFfnNGFAd">pic.twitter.com/nTFfnNGFAd</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1445547923400368128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Pialago is running for representative of Malasakit Movement Party-list, which represents barangay representatives, kagawad, tanod, and health workers.</p><p>Aside from barangay workers, Pialago said she would also work for better benefits for medical workers.</p><p>&quot;Kami po ay buong kababaang loob na tumutugon sa hamon para maging boses ng mga social workers, mga barangayan, solo parents, OFWs at kanilang pamilya dito sa Pilipinas,&quot; she told reporters.</p><p>(We and our humility will respond to the challenge to become the voice of social workers, barangay representatives, solo parents, OFWs and their families here in the Philippines.)</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“Ang Makabayan bloc kailangan muna makiisa sa layunin ng gobyerno.”<br/><br/>House seat aspirant Celine Pialago, one of NTF-ELCAC’s spox, said this when asked if she can work w/ the progressive bloc if elected as lawmaker.<br/><br/>Makabayan bloc has been one of NTF-ELCAC’s main targets. <a href="https://t.co/neMViTAJ8W">pic.twitter.com/neMViTAJ8W</a></p>— J.E. Villaruel (@jauhnetienne) <a href="https://twitter.com/jauhnetienne/status/1445575559275167747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Asked if she could work with progressive bloc Makabayan if elected as lawmaker, she said, &quot;Kailangan po ang Makabayan bloc ay makiisa muna sa layunin ng gobyerno.&quot;</p><p>(Makabayan has to join together with the purpose of the government.)</p><p>&quot;I-orient po ang mga kabataan na huwag pong maging marahas, huwag din po maging against sa government. Pero &#x27;yung mga activist po na mga movement nila that&#x27;s normal, parte po &#x27;yan ng boses ng ating bansa,&quot; she added.</p><p>(The youth must be taught not to be violent and go against the government. But those activist movement is normal and part of the voices of our country.)</p><p>Before she was appointed MMDA spokesperson, Pialago served as the media relations officer of the Department of the Interior and Local Government under Secretary Mike Sueno.</p><p>She also served as a spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, which red-tagged several personalities.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/01/21/celine-pialago-to-run-for-party-list-representative">Pialago leaves MMDA, announces candidacy for party-list representation</a></li></ul><p>Last year, Pialago received flak after she decried local media and netizens’ show of sympathy towards activist Reina Mae Nasino, who had lost her 3-month-old daughter baby River to pneumonia, likening it to an afternoon drama series.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/19/20/pang-drama-serye-sa-hapon-mmda-spox-hits-sympathizers-of-jailed-activist">&#x27;Pang drama serye sa hapon&#x27;: MMDA spox hits sympathizers of jailed activist</a></li></ul><p>She has since apologized for her tweet.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/10/19/20/who-was-celine-pialago-before-she-took-on-her-mmda-post">Who was Celine Pialago before she took on her MMDA post?</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/19/20/celine-pialago-seeks-nbi-help-to-go-after-bashers-over-remark-vs-reina-nacino-baby-river">&#x27;Paninirang puri&#x27;: MMDA spokesman seeks NBI help to go after bashers</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1790430" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><div><strong>—With reports from Jauhn Etienne Villaruel and Johnson Manabat, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

Newly-created partylist group Malasakit Movement, through its first nominee Pircelyn Celine Pialago, filed Wednesday its certificate of candidacy for the 2022 elections.