DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 June) — The net worth of Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel Pacquiao, the country’s richest representative – P1.3 billion in 2013 – is 2,250 times the net worth of the country’s poorest district representative, fellow Mindanawon and Dinagat Islands’ lone representative, Arlene“Kaka’ Bag-ao’s P598,000 and 174,233 times the net worth of the poorest paty-list representative, Anakpawis Rep. Fernando Hicap’s P37,722.
Pacquiao and Maguindanao Rep. Zajid Mangudadatu made it to the Top 10 richest representatives – Pacquiao topping the list and Mangudadatu ranking 10th with a net worth of P215.8 million while two Mindanawons made it to the Top 10 poorest: Bag-ao and party-list Rep. Cresente Paez of Coop-Nattco.
The House of Representatives has 289 members, 234 of them representing districts and 55 party-list.
Mindanao has 68 representatives in Congress – 59 district and nine party-list representatives.
MindaNews ranked the Mindanawon representatives’ net worth based on the 2013 Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALNs) they filed with the House of Representatives and found that of the 68 Mindanawons, one is a billionaire, 66 are millionaires and only one has a net worth of under a million pesos.
The top ten richest Mindanawon representatives , based on the SALN they filed, come from among the poorest provinces in the country.
The top 10 richest Mindanawon representatives and (districts):
1. Pacquiao, Emmanuel of Sarangani: P 1,345,499,575.00
2. Mangudadatu, Zajid of Maguindanao: P 215,849,950.00
3. Sahali, Ruby of Tawi-tawi: P 173,715,000.00
4. Oaminal, Henry of Misamis Occidental (2) P 160,399,271.12
5. Unabia, Peter of Misamis Oriental (1) P 127,862,800.00
6. Rodriguez, Rufus of Cagayan de Oro (2) P 103,425,000.00
7. Labadlabad, Rosendo of Zamboanga del Norte P 77,211,270.23
8. Lobregat, Celso of Zamboanga City (1) P 73,988,546.03
9. Dimaporo, Abdullah D. of Lanao del Norte (1) P 65,646,551.76
Dimaporo, Imelda Q. of Lanao del Norte (2) P 65,646,551.76
10. Hofer, Dulce Ann of Zamboanga Sibugay (2) P 64,514,965.00
According to the National Statistical Coordinating Board (NSCB), the poverty incidence among families in these provinces as of 2012 are 46.5% in Sarangani, 57.8% in Maguindanao, 20.8% in Tai-tawi, 36.6% in Misamis Occidental, 25.0% in Misamis Oriental, 50.3% in Zamboanga del Norte, 42.5% in Lanao del Norte and 36.8% in Zamboanga Sibugay.
The Top Ten poorest Mindanawon representatives, according to their declared SALNs, are:
1. Bag-ao, Arlene of Dinagat Islands P 598,012.82
2. Paez, Cresente C. of Coop-Nattco P 1,098,000.00
3. Zarate, Carlos Isagani of Bayan Muna P 1,518,114.54
4. Masongsong, Edgardo of 1CARE P 2,013,267.
