Glona Labadlabad

Glona Gollayan Labadlabad, is a Filipino politician currently serving as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the 2nd district of Zamboanga del Norte since 2016.

Glona Labadlabad
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Zamboanga del Norte's Second District
Assumed office
June 30, 2016
Preceded byRosendo Labadlabad
Personal details
Born
Glona Gollayan
Political partyPDP-Laban (since 2016)
Other political
affiliations		Liberal (2013-2016)
Spouse(s)Rosendo Labadlabad

Political career

Labadlabad made her first run in 2013 for municipal mayor of Katipunan, but was defeated. She then made her run and won in 2016 as representative of the province's second district, succeeding her husband then-Congressman Rosendo Labadlabad. She was re-elected as representative in the 2019 local elections.[1]

House of Representatives

In the 18th Congress, she is currently the chairperson of the House Committee on Ecology, and sits as member of the House Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Appropriations.[2]

Controversies
  • In 2019, Glona and her husband were charged with obstruction of justice for harboring a self-confessed killer of a certain murder incident that occurred in the neighboring town of Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte.[3]

Electoral history
2019 Philippine House of Representatives election in the Second District of Zamboanga del Norte
Party Candidate Votes %
PDP–Laban Glona Labadlabad 105,319
Nacionalista Flora Villarosa 88,638
Total votes
PDP–Laban hold

References
  1. Laput, Gualberto (20 May 2019). "Poll winners in Zambo Norte proclaimed". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  2. "Hon. Labadlabad, Glona G." House of Representatives of the Philippines. Retrieved November 13, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Zambo Norte congresswoman, husband charged with obstruction of justice". Rappler. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.


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