Joseph Peter "Jopet" Sampedro Sison (; born October 19, 1965) is a Filipino lawyer, TV presenter, and politician, notably known for being the host of the TV program ''

Ipaglaban Mo! ''Ipaglaban Mo!'' (), also known as ''Kapag Nasa Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo!'' or ''Kapag May Katwiran... Ipaglaban Mo!'', is a Philippine television public service and advocacy-driven legal drama anthology show broadcast by IBC, ABS-CBN, RPN, G ...

'' and holding several positions in the government including being a member of the

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from 1992 to 1998 and being the assistant general manager of the National Housing Authority from 2001 to 2005.

Early life

Sison studied at the Ateneo de Manila University from high school to college, when he studied B.S. Legal Management. He studied law at the

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Legal career

Sison started his legal career as Trustee/Consultant for Ipaglaban Mo Foundation & Sison Law. He rendered free legal advice to viewers, letter senders, and walk-in clients. He is also conducted legal research for Sison Law. In 1992 from 1998, he served as a segment host for “Ikaw at ang Batas” and “Ito ang Batas”, a 5-minute legal segment on television narrating the facts and the laws on various cases decided by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Currently since 2013, he serves as the President of FIRMANENT Development Corporation. He headed the Secretariat for the National Summit on Housing and Urban Development from 2015 to 2016 and it was initiated by the Joint Legislative Committee on Housing of the Senate and House of Representatives. In 2014, he joined his father to be co-host of legal program ''

'' and gives free legal advice at the ABS-CBN Tulong Center every Wednesday.

Political career

Sison was elected as

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for Barangay Pinagkaisahan,

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from 1989 to 1992. In 1992, he run as

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and won. When serving as councilor, he headed the Committee on Transport and Communication as its chairman, being the Assistant Minority Floor Leader, both positions he served from 1992 to 1993 as chairman. He also the chairman of Committee on Labor and Conciliation from 1993 to 1995, and in 1993, he is the founding chairman of Quezon City Tricycle Franchising Board until 1995. On his second term, he served as the Assistant Majority Floor Leader and vice-chairman of the Committee on Laws, Rules and Internal Government from 1995 until 1998 and he also served as Chairman of Committee on Public Affairs and Information, Chairman of Committee on Revision of Ordinances and Consolidation of Proposed Legislative Measures, and Chairman of Blue Ribbon Committee, and Committee on Police, Peace, and Order concurrently from 1996 until 1998. Before 2015, he served as chairman of the Liberal Party QC chapter. He ran for representative of

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's 1st district in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, but lost to

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. He then transferred back to Quezon City and ran for vice mayor in

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as the running mate of Vincent "Bingbong" Crisologo as

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, but they both lost. In

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, he ran for

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under

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and thus

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's substitute, but lost.

Personal life

He is the second of six siblings (Joyce†, Joel, Jay, Jolly and JB).

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sison, Jopet 1965 births Living people 20th-century Filipino lawyers Filipino television presenters Manuel L. Quezon University alumni Ateneo de Manila University alumni Aksyon Demokratiko politicians 21st-century Filipino lawyers