Patrol Partylist

Patrol
— Philippine partylist —
Full name	Public Safety Alliance For Transformation and Rule of Law, Inc.
Sector(s) represented	Public safety workers
Founder	Jorge Bustos
Founded	March 2015; 10 years ago (2015-03)
Colors	Blue, Red
Current representation (19th Congress)
Seats in the House of Representatives	1 / 3 (Out of 63 party-list seats)
Representative(s)	Jorge Antonio Bustos
Politics of the Philippines Political parties Elections

The Public Safety Alliance For Transformation and Rule of Law, Inc.,^[1] also known as the Patrol Partylist^[a] is an organization which holds party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines.

Background

The Public Safety Alliance For Transformation and Rule of Law, also known as Patrol, was formed in May 2015. It was founded by Jorge Bustos who is a retired police superintendent.^[2] Bustos hails from Masantol, Pampanga.^[3]

The group focuses on public safety as its main platform and is consist of educators, businessmen, lawyers and government workers.^[2] It also sought to create legislation aiding public safety front liners such as police personnel and firefighters.^[4]

They are linked to the Philippine National Police Academy Alumni Association with most of their nominees at least for the 2022 election. coming from the group.^[5]

Electoral history

Patrol first sought party-list representation in the House of Representatives in 2019 election.^[2] They were able to win a seat, with Patrol founder Bustos filling in the seat for the 18th Congress.^[4]

They were able to retain their seat for the 19th Congress after garnering enough votes in the 2022 election.^[1]

Election results

Election	Votes	%	Secured Seats	Party-List Seats	Congress	1st Representative	2nd Representative	3rd Representative
2019	216,653	0.78%	1 / 3	61	18th Congress 2019–2022	Jorge Antonio Bustos	—	—
2022	252,571	0.69%	1 / 3	63	19th Congress 2022–2025	Jorge Antonio Bustos	—	—
2025	41,570	0.10%	0 / 3	63	20th Congress 2025–2028	Failed to secure representation
Note: For party-list representation in the House of Representatives of the Philippines, a party can win a maximum of three seats.

Notes

1. Sometimes capitalized; PATROL Partylist

References

1. Valmonte, Kaycee (May 26, 2022). "Comelec proclaims 55 party-list groups to form part of the 19th Congress". The Philippine Star. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
2. Arcellaz, Princess Clea (December 19, 2018). "Party-list vows to seek public safety laws reforms". Sunstar. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
3. Arcellaz, Princess Clea (June 7, 2022). "3 Kapampangans get partylist seats". Sunstar. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
4. "Patrol party-list says helping, sharing key factors for public safety". Sunstar. August 23, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
5. Guda, Kenneth Roland (February 23, 2022). "Politicians, their spouses, siblings and children pack the party-list race". Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. Retrieved September 17, 2023.