United Negros Alliance
United Negros Alliance | |
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President | Jeffrey Ferrer |
PDP–Laban | |
United Negros Alliance, abbreviated as UNA (or UNegA to distinguish from United Nationalist Alliance), is a provincial political party in Negros Occidental, Philippines based in Bacolod.
Establishment
Joseph Marañon, then Mayor of
By convention, the Governor of Negros Occidental elected under the party is automatically named Chairperson. If the Governor is from another party, the party nominates the member holding the next highest post for the leadership.
National affiliation
Despite the similarity in names, United Negros Alliance is not related nor an affiliate of former Vice President Jejomar Binay's United Nationalist Alliance.
Currently, United Negros Alliance has a political alliance with the Liberal Party. Both UNegA and Love Negros, with the notable exception of Rep. Benitez, supported the failed presidential bid of former DILG Sec. Mar Roxas and the successful candidacy of Vice President Leni Robredo.
Special status
During the 2016 Philippine general election, Commission on Elections declared UNegA as a dominant local party of Negros Occidental, with the privilege of receiving an official copy of provincial election returns.[4]
Party alliances
While being a local party, United Negros Alliance also includes the ff. parties under its local coalition:
Proposed merger
Citing a stable relationship with Gov.
Notable members
As the dominant local party, most incumbent officials are also members of United Negros Alliance. Most notables include the ff.:
- Joseph G. Marañon† (founder): Governor of Negros Occidental, 1998-2008
- Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr.† (chairperson): Governor of Negros Occidental, 2010–2020
- David Albert Lacson: Board Member from the 3rd District, 2016–present
Ideology
On a national level, it usually enters on a coalition partnership with incumbent governments and dominant party. But on a local level, United Negros Alliance espouses Negrense regionalism and strongly believes in a unified Negros Island Region. It has been a strong proponent for the establishment and, recently, the resurrection of the
See also
References
- ^ "Negros Occidental's local execs attend dinner hosted by Roxas' mom". September 13, 2015.
- ^ "LP, NPC join forces vs Maranon's UNA, ex mayors up vs incumbents".
- ^ "New alliances leave many Visayas politicians unopposed". April 16, 2016.
- ^ "Dominant parties: LP, UNA to get more perks". April 18, 2016.
- ^ "United Negros Alliance eyes merger with Love Negros for 2016". February 23, 2015.
- ^ "United Negros Alliance: Marañon-Ferrer in 2016". SunStar. October 4, 2016.
- ^ "Love Negros bares re-electionists in 2016 polls". SunStar. August 26, 2015.