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Businessman seeks House seat to represent 'underprivileged'

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Sam Verzosa, top boss of Frontrow Philippines, is the first nominee of partylist " sa="" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/10/07/2.jpg" tutok="" win=""/><figcaption>Sam Verzosa, top boss of Frontrow Philippines, is the first nominee of partylist &quot;Tutok sa Win,&quot; a sectoral group which he said is geared towards providing aid to indigents. Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — A CEO and president of a widely-popular and controversial direct-selling company on Thursday showed up at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) tent in Sofitel Hotel to file for the candidacy of a partylist group.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/focus/12/04/18/whats-wrong-with-the-philippine-party-list-system">What&#x27;s wrong with the Philippine party-list system?</a></li></ul><p>Sam Verzosa, top boss of Frontrow Philippines, is the first nominee of partylist &quot;Tutok sa Win,&quot; a sectoral group which he said is geared towards providing aid to indigents. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Partylist called Tutok To Win files CONA to join <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2022</a><br/><br/>Sam Verzosa, CEO &amp; president of networking company FRONTROW, is first nominee. <a href="https://t.co/eC9P9QpIGi">pic.twitter.com/eC9P9QpIGi</a></p>— J.E. Villaruel (@jauhnetienne) <a href="https://twitter.com/jauhnetienne/status/1446058309128052739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/video/12/14/19/the-story-of-frontrow-its-founders-on-thinking-outside-the-box-and-conquering-the-odds">The story of Frontrow: Its founders on thinking outside the box and conquering the odds</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Nakatutok kami sa mahihirap lalo na sa urban areas, with more attention sa elderly at underprivileged youth... Asahan ninyo ang pagtutok namin sa kahirapan,&quot; Verzosa said in a speech following the filing of the partylist&#x27;s certificate of nomination and acceptance (CONA). </p><p>&gt;https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/21/19/explainer-the-math-behind-the-party-list-system</p><p>According to Verzosa, he understands how it feels to be poor because he had a similar life growing up, before he co-founded Frontrow. </p><p>&quot;Ngayon na nasa posisyon na ako para tumulong, I want to give back,&quot; Verzosa said.</p><p>The CEO added Tulong Sa Win has been organizing relief operations &quot;for a long time&quot; already. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/multimedia/infographic/02/04/19/party-list-nominees-who-belong-to-political-families">INFOGRAPHIC: Party-list nominees who belong to political families</a></li></ul><p>The partylist&#x27;s logo bore the signature &quot;Win&quot; design associated with variety show host Willie Revillame. </p><p>Asked what Revillame has to do with Tutok Sa Win, Verzosa said they have the same advocacy, and that the TV host supports them. </p><p>Based on Verzosa&#x27;s Instagram profile, Maserati Philippines and Ferrari Philippines are also part of his business portfolio.</p><p>The partylist system was conceived as a means to empower the marginalized, under-represented sectors of society.</p><p>However, in the previous decades, political dynasties, billionaires, and other members of powerful clans have entered the into the system, with analysts and election experts calling for overhaul. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/01/19/21/write-from-scratch-lawyer-calls-for-overhaul-of-party-list-system">Write from scratch: Lawyer calls for overhaul of party-list system</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong><br/> </div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ny0ER8Cfz0E?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></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>

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Businessman seeks House seat to represent 'underprivileged'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published Oct 07, 2021 09:47 PM PHT

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Updated Oct 07, 2021 10:44 PM PHT

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