Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta () also known as the PBA Partylist is a political organization which had partylist representation in the

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of the

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. It aims to represent the interest of Filipino

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History

The PBA Partylist ran in the

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but failed to win a seat. In the

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, it was endorsed by professional boxer

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who was also the organization's chair at the time. PBA spent the most among candidate partylists in that elections, although this was still within the spending limit of per registered voter or The organization managed to win a seat in the 2010 elections. During the

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, the PBA field a bill proposing the creation of a Department of Sports but the proposal did not become law due to a lack of time. The PBA Partylist lost representation in the Congress after it failed to secure at least a seat in the 16th Congress in the

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. The group regained representation in the following Congress after it garnered enough votes to win two seats in the House of Representatives.

References

{{Philippine political parties Party-lists represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines