Former MMDA spokesperson Celine Pialago said Wednesday she was moving to "represent" a new party-list after the Commission on Elections removed her former group from the ballot for the May 9 elections.
Pialago said she would represent the Frontliners Ang Bida party-list, which shares the same advocacy of the Malasakit Movement party-list that is now out of the running.
The former beauty pageant contestant blamed politics for the fate of her former party-list.
"[Y]ung akala niya na mawawasak niya ako, hindi siguro mangyayare [y]un," she said in a Facebook post.
Last month, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said the Malasakit Movement party-list "failed to meet the requirements for a sectoral party-list organization."
Pialago said the Frontliners Ang Bida party-list also aims to advocate for barangay and frontline health workers if elected.
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