United Negros Alliance
|
United Negros Alliance
|
|
|---|---|
| Chairman | Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr. |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Bacolod |
| Ideology | Regionalism, nationalism |
| Political position | Centrist |
| National affiliation |
NPC (formerly) Liberal Party(formerly) PDP-Laban |
United Negros Alliance, abbreviated as UNA (or UNegA to distinguish from United Nationalist Alliance), is a provincial political party in Negros Occidental, Philippines based in Bacolod.
Joseph Marañon, then Mayor of Sagay City, established United Negros Alliance initially as a coalition of different parties for his candidacy in the Negros Occidental provincial elections, 2001. Marañon won the race as Governor of Negros Occidental and registered United Negros Alliance as a local party, displacing the local party of former Gov. Rafael Coscolluela, Aton Tamdon Utod Negrosanon (ATUN).
By convention, the Governor of Negros Occidental elected under the party is automatically named Chairperson. If the Governor is from another party, the party nominates the member holding the next highest post for the leadership.
Nationalist People's Coalition led the alliance as a local affiliate until the party left after a disagreement with NPC chairperson Danding Cojuangco and Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr., the older brother of the late Joseph Marañon. Gov. Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr. ran against NPC-bet, former Vice Governor Genaro Alvarez, in the Negros Occidental provincial elections, 2013 and retain his post. Along with 3rd District Rep. Albee Benitez, the supporters of Alvarez formed the Love Negros Alliance as the local opposition party.
Despite the similarity in names, United Negros Alliance is not related nor an affiliate of former Vice President Jejomar Binay's United Nationalist Alliance.
...
Wikipedia