AKO-OFW party-list has vowed to pursue welfare policies for OFWs on winning upcoming elections
Among the works on its agenda include the establishment of an OFW Hospital, OFW pension plan, OFW village, OFW advisory council in every barangay in the country, and livelihood programs for families of OFWs.
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Party-list chairman and first nominee Dr. Chie Umandap is optimistic that their group will win the polls citing result of the Pulse Asia survey showing that it is included in the top 40 among the 177 groups vying for 20% of the seats in the House of Representatives reserved for party-list representatives.
There are currently 61 party-list representatives and the AKO-OFW obtained a 0.6% voter preference in the survey of Pulse Asia conducted from January 19 to 24, 2022.
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“Our getting included in the top 20 is very encouraging, though we still need to exert all the efforts we can give to be able to secure the needed votes and make it to the winning circle. But, as our second nominee Mr. Coco Naik remarked, ‘Sulit ang pagod! It’s really worth the efforts!” Umandap said.
