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Special Assistant Anton Lagdameo was Marcos' top campaign donor in Halalan 2022

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Bongbong Marcos FB" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/08/31/20220831-bongbong-marcos-fb.jpg"/><figcaption>President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. (2nd from left) and his Special Assistant Anton Lagdameo (3rd from left) are seated beside each other during an official meeting in Malacanang early July 2022. <em>Photo from the Bongbong Marcos Facebook page</em></figcaption></figure></div><h3>Lakas-CMD, Harry Roque among Sara Duterte’s top donors</h3><p>A former lawmaker who is now the Special Assistant of President Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos, Jr. was the latter&#x27;s top campaign donor in the May elections.</p><p>Anton Lagdameo, the treasurer of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas under which Marcos ran, donated a total of P247,234,320.09, according to Comelec data gathered by the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group.</p><p>Lagdameo’s contribution, which was tagged as “in-kind from party”, accounts for 39.58 percent of the P624,684,320.09 Marcos received in total for his presidential bid.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/07/22/marcos-spent-p623m-for-polls-reports-no-personal-funds-used">Marcos spent P623 million for Halalan 2022, reports no personal funds used</a></li></ul><p>Lagdameo, a scion of a wealthy clan in Southern Mindanao, served three terms as congressman of Davao del Norte&#x27;s second district from 2007 to 2016. He is the husband of actress and TV host Dawn Zulueta.</p><p>He supported Marcos&#x27; 2016 vice-presidential bid. Zulueta had told ABS-CBN News that year that her husband received death threats as a result.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/26/22/marcos-picks-anton-lagdameo-as-special-assistant">Marcos picks ex-solon Anton Lagdameo as special assistant</a></li></ul><p>Aside from Lagdameo, some of the other top donors were Melquiades Robles who donated P30 million, and Philip G. Lo, who donated P25 million.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="top campaign donor in Halalan 2022" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/08/31/20220831-top-campaign-donor-in-halalan-2022-1.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Of the total contribution for Marcos&#x27; campaign, P373.3 million were tagged as “cash from others” while P4.2 million were tagged as “in-kind from others”.</p><p>The rest of the amount was tagged as “in-kind contributions from political party.”</p><p>According to Marcos&#x27; Statement of Contribution and Expenditures (SOCE) filed at the Comelec, his camp incurred P623,230,176.68 expenses for the duration of the campaign period from Feb. 8 to May 7.</p><p>Meanwhile, Vice President Sara Duterte received a total of P216,190,935.06 in contributions, the same amount of expenses her campaign incurred.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/08/22/sara-duterte-spent-p216-million-for-2022-campaign-soce">Sara Duterte SOCE shows P216 million spent for vice-presidential campaign</a></li></ul><p>Her top donor is her political party, Lakas Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), which donated more than P139.12 million.</p><p>Of this amount, P133.89 million was tagged as “in-kind from party” and P5.23 million as “in-kind from others”.</p><p>The Lakas-CMD’s contribution is 64.35 percent of the total contributions received for Duterte’s campaign.</p><p>Former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque is Duterte’s second top contributor, donating more than P36.41 million. Roque ran for senator in the same elections under the Marcos-Duterte tandem but lost. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="top campaign donor in Halalan 2022" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/08/31/20220831-top-campaign-donor-in-halalan-2022-2.jpg"/></figure></div><p>National candidates were only allowed to spend P674 million for their campaign during the latest elections, or P10 for each for 67.44 million registered voters.</p><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=2052050" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

A former lawmaker who is now a special assistant for the president is the top donor for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s presidential campaign.