FPJ Panday Bayanihan joins 2025 party-list race

MANILA, Philippines — FPJ Panday Bayanihan officially joined the 2025 party-list race on Thursday as the group filed its certificate of nomination-certificate of acceptance of nomination before the Commission on Elections.

FPJ Bayanihan’s first nominee is Sen. Grace Poe’s son Brian Poe Llamanzares who answered media queries on behalf of the party-list.

When asked what the party-list would prioritize should it successfully get a position in the House of Representatives, Llamanzares said the group would focus on three things: food, progress, and justice.

“Yung FPJ, syempre, pangalan ng ating lolong si [Fernando Poe Jr.]. Pero syempre ang FPJ sa partido namin stands for food, progress, and justice. Yung unang legislative agenda namin ay syempre yung mga naging legislative agenda na natin — may mga naging batas na tulad ng national feeding program na kailangan pa nating amyendahan, para lahat ng mga kabataan sa grade school hanggang high school ay magkaroon ng sapat na pagkain sa kanilang eskwelahan,” said Llamanzares in a press conference.

(FPJ, of course, comes from the name of my grandfather FPJ. But of course, the FPJ in our party stands for food, progress, and justice. The first legislative agenda is of course the legislative agenda we’ve already pushed for — there are already measures that became law like the national feeding program, which we still need to amend in order for children in grade school until high school to get enough food in school.)

“Una ‘yan. Tapos ‘yung trabaho namin sa transport sector, hindi pa tapos. Syempre ongoing pa rin ang jeepney modernization at isa ‘yan sa mga sektor na tinutulungan ng FPJ Panday Bayanihan,” he added.

(That’s first. And then our job in the transport sector is not yet done. Of course, jeepney modernization is ongoing and it is one of the sectors being helped by the FPJ Panday Bayanihan.)

Llamanzares was accompanied by his mother. Before introducing her son as the 1st nominee of the FPJ Bayanihan party-list, the graduating senator clarified that she was not at the venue to file her own COC.

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“Hindi po ako kandidato, nandito po ako bilang nanay na sumusuporta sa aking anak na si Brian kasama ng mga ibang nominado para sa party-list ng FPJ Panday Bayanihan,” said Poe.

(I am not a candidate. I am here as a mother supporting my child along with other nominees for the FPJ Panday Bahaniyan party-list.)