Bando Osmeña – Pundok Kauswagan (), commonly known as BO–PK or BOPK, is a local political party based in Cebu City, Philippines. It is a political party run by the Osmeña family of Cebu since 1987 when Tomas Osmeña first ran for mayor of Cebu City. Although not a registered political party with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), it has been used by Osmeña and his allies since 1998 when he ran with Alvin Garcia as vice mayor.
History In 2012, then vice mayor Michael Rama bolted from the party and created his own group named as Barug Team Rama, which was later changed to Partido Barug upon its registration in COMELEC. Its formation has prevented BOPK from achieving its previous feats of landslide victories in 2007 and 2010 local elections when it was only competing with Kugi Uswag Sugbo of former Mayor Alvin Garcia.
from 2018 until 2024, It is affiliated with the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino. It was previously affiliated with the Liberal Party and Lakas-Christian-Muslim Democrats. Prior to that, it was the city's equivalent of another national party founded by another Osmeña scion, the Probinsya Muna Development Initiative.
In the 2019 elections, BOPK won eight seats in the Cebu City Council and two of its candidates for the House of Representatives namely Rodrigo Abellanosa and Raul del Mar.
BOPK has also supported national candidates specifically for the position of president and vice president. In the 2010 elections, then senators Noynoy Aquino and Mar Roxas were endorsed by the party for president and vice president, respectively. As Roxas sought for the presidency in 2016, the party supported his candidacy along with his vice presidential candidate, then representative of Camarines Sur's 3rd district Leni Robredo. However, there were some barangay officials allied with the party that junked Roxas in favor then Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Osmeña later revealed that while he supported Roxas, he also helped "protect" Duterte's vote in the city. The party supported Leni Robredo for president in the 2022 elections saying that they like "leaders who listen and respond", according to its mayoral candidate and Osmeña's wife, Margarita Osmeña, and senator Tito Sotto for vice president.
2025 Elections In 2024, BOPK nominated their candidates for the 2025 Cebu City local elections: first-ranked North (1st) District Councilor Nestor Archival for Mayor and former mayor Tomas Osmeña for Vice Mayor. Councilor Mary Ann De Los Santos was nominated as the party's congressional bet for the North (1st) District instead of Representative Rachel "Cutie" Del Mar, resulting in Del Mar defecting from BOPK in favor of incumbent Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia's Kusug-Panaghiusa coalition. Former congressman Abellanosa was BOPK's congressional candidate for the South (2nd) District. The entire lineup, along with their candidates for city councilor from both districts, filed their certificates of candidacy on October 8, 2024, now once again affiliated with the Liberal Party as their national allies.
Throughout the campaign, surveys frequently showed Archival trailing far behind incumbent Garcia and, earlier in the campaign, behind former mayor Mike Rama as well. Archival cited a lack of funding and political machinery, with only 2 out of the city's 80 barangay captains supporting his candidacy.
On May 12, 2025, Archival emerged victorious as mayor in what was described as a "stunning upset". He attributed his victory to a grassroots-focused campaign, going directly to voters due to the absence of financial resources and institutional support. The COMELEC proclaimed Archival and other winning city officials early the next morning, May 13.
Electoral performance Mayor Election Candidate Number of votes Share of votes Outcome of election1988 Tomas Osmeña 120,704 1992 158,849 1995 Alvin Garcia 169,512 2001 Tomas Osmeña 128,754 2004 180,215 2007 195,236 2010 Michael Rama 210,520 58.42 2013 Tomas Osmeña 209,497 49.30 2016 266,819 53.40 2019 246,813 47.74 2022 Margarita Osmeña 202,446 34.50 2025 Nestor Archival 256,167 43.86
Vice mayor Election Candidate Number of votes Share of votes Outcome of election2001 Michael Rama 2004 249,256 2007 218,241 2010 Joy Augustus Young 226,736 66.25 2013 200,200 49.95 2016 Nestor Archival 222,337 46.85 2019 Mary Ann De Los Santos 235,007 46.62 2022 Franklyn Ong 222,722 41.06 2025 Tomas Osmeña 233,906 40.90
House of Representatives Cebu City Election Seats allocated Outcome of election2001 PROMDI-led coalition2004 Lakas-led coalition2007 Lakas-led coalition2010 Liberal-led coalition2013 Liberal-led coalition2016 Liberal-led coalition2019 LDP-led coalition2022 LDP & NPC-led coalition2025
City council Election Seats Outcome of election2010 2013 2016 2019 Tied with BARUG2022 2025 Tied with KUSUG
Representatives to Congress + Cebu City Congressional Districts Period 1st (North) District 2nd (South) District8th Congress1987–1992 Raul V. Del Mar Antonio V. Cuenco9th Congress1992–199510th Congress1995–199811th Congress1998–2001 Raoul B. del Mar Nancy R. Cuenco12th Congress2001–2004 Raul V. Del Mar Antonio V. Cuenco13th Congress2004–200714th Congress2007–201015th Congress2010–2013 Rachel Marguerite B. Del Mar Tomas R. Osmeña16th Congress2013–2016 Raul V. Del Mar(died in office on Nov. 6, 2020) Rodrigo A. Abellanosa17th Congress2016–201918th Congress2019–202219th Congress2022–2025 Rachel Marguerite B. Del Mar(defected to KUSUG in 2024) None (lost to Eduardo Rama Jr. of Barug)20th Congress2022–2025 None (lost to Rachel del Mar of KUSUG)
See also Partido Barug Kugi Uswag Sugbo Partido Panaghiusa
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