Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association Inc. (Philreca) Party-List is a political organization of the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association which has party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It represents the interest of Philreca's member electricity cooperatives and its consumers.
It also advocates the sustainability of the rural electrification program, as well as lowering the price of electricity, and the improvement of electricity distribution and service.
They participated in the 2019 Philippine elections, where they secured a single seat in the House of Representatives. The seat was filled in by Philreca's President Presley De Jesus.
In May 2021, Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) Chairman Greco B. Belgica alleged that electric cooperatives funded Philreca Party-List' 2019 electoral bid adding that "law does not allow public utilities to contribute funds to campaigns of a candidate or a party-list, or use government funds to do so". Philreca representative Presley De Jesus denied such claim saying that the partylist did not receive political contributions from any electric cooperative while also noting that cooperatives are not government organizations and are non-profit bodies supervised by the National Electric Administration
Electoral results Election Votes % Secured Seats Party-List Seats Congress Representative 2019 394,966 1.42% 61 18th Congress2019–2022 Presley De Jesus 2022 243,487 0.66% 63 19th Congress2022–2025 Presley De Jesus 2025 261,045 0.62% 64 20th Congress2025–2028 Presley De Jesus Note: For party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, a party can win a maximum of three seats.
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