The Vendors Samahan ng mga Maninindang Pilipino () also known as the Vendors Partylist is an organization which sought partylist representation in the

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of the

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in the 2025 election. It aims to represent the interest of vendors and workers in the

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Background

In October 2024, Vendors Partylist filed their candidacy for the 2025 House of Representatives elections headlined by social media personality, pares vendor, and fourth nominee

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. The first to third nominees are Marilou Lipana, Florencio Pesigan and Sheryl Sandi.

Disqualification case

Election

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Kontra Daya filed a disqualification case against Vendors Partylist noting how the organization's first three nominees are owners of big firms and do not belong to the sector they represent. Lipana was noted to be president of Olympus Mining and Builders Group Philippines Corporation, Pesigan an owner of an advertising agency, and Sendil as an owner of a hardware and construction supplies business. A maximum of three nominees by group can be seated under the partylist system. Diwata called the move "unfair" and that his organization is being singled-out by Kontra Daya. Vendors itself released a statement calling the petition "baseless and malicious" stating that nominees can also be people who have "a clear track record of their advocacy of the sectoral group they are representing".

Electoral history

Electoral performance

Nominees

References

{{reflist Retailing organizations Labor parties in the Philippines Party-list organizations in the Philippines