Eufemia Cullamat

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In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is unknown, the birth surname or paternal family name is Campos, and the marital name is Cullamat.
Eufemia Cullamat
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Member of the
Philippine House of Representatives
for Bayan Muna party-list
Assumed office
June 30, 2019
Serving with Carlos Isagani Zarate and Ferdinand Gaite
Personal details
Born
Eufemia Campos

(1960-08-13) August 13, 1960 (age 61)
Lianga, Surigao del Sur, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Political partyBayan Muna
ChildrenJevilyn Cullamat (deceased)
Jikson Cullamat
ProfessionPolitician
Human rights activist
Lawyer

Eufemia Campos Cullamat[1] (born August 13, 1960), also known as Ka Femia, is a Filipina farmer, activist, and politician. She is a member of the Philippine House of Representatives for the 18th Congress under the Bayan Muna party-list group. She is the second Manobo to serve in Congress after former Cotabato Representative Nancy Catamco.[2]

As a tribal leader and activist, she has been active in movements to fight for the rights of indigenous peoples in the Philippines since the 1980s. She was chair of Lumad organization (Kasalo Caraga).[3][4]

Biography[]

Cullamat is a member of the Manobo people from the mountains of Barangay Diatagon in Lianga, Surigao del Sur. She has been active in movements to fight for the rights of indigenous peoples in the Philippines since the 1980s.[5]

She was a community development worker at the Tribal Filipino Program of Surigao del Sur (TRIFPSS).

She helped found Malahutayong Pakigbisog Alang sa Sumusunod (MAPASU) in 1996 and served as one of its council members. She was also chair of Lumad organization Kasalo Caraga.

Political career[]

Cullamat has authored or supported a number of bills and resolutions as a member of the 18th Congress. She co-authored the anti-endo bill seeking to give security of employment to workers by ending the practice of endo or labor contractualization.[6]

She also co-authored the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill, which aims to prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation.[7]

Cullamat supports the renewal of ABS-CBN’s TV and radio broadcasting franchise.[8]

She supports climate justice and is one of the principal authors of a House of Representatives resolution declaring a climate and environmental emergency. The resolution gives the Philippine government justification to pursue climate justice from industrialized countries whose actions have triggered destructive climate change effects.[9]

Advocacies[]

Cullamat is involved in the fight for the rights of national minorities and is active in Indigenous peoples organizations.[10][11] She campaigns to protect Lumad schools in Mindanao and continues to protest the persecution and red-tagging of Lumad communities and their leaders.[12][3]

Cullamat has called for an end to mining and logging on ancestral lands, where Indigenous peoples are harassed and face displacement.[13]

Death of Jevilyn Cullamat[]

On November 29, 2020, her youngest daughter Jevilyn Campos Cullamat, who was a medic in New People's Army unit in Surigao Del Sur died in an encounter with the 3rd Special Forces “Arrowhead” Battalion of the Philippine Army in Marihatag, Surigao Del Sur.[14]

The 3rd Special Forces Battalion, in a report on Sunday, said Jevilyn Cullamat, who the military unit claims goes under the nom de guerre "Ka Reb", says is a member of the Sandatahan Yunit Pampropaganda (SYP) of Guerrilla Front (GF) 19 of the Northeastern Regional Committee (NEMRC) of the NPA. The Army also allegedly recovered firearms, ammunition, and subversive documents at the encounter site.

Jevilyn's death was a subject of controversies. The Makabayan bloc condemned the manner of the rebel's corpse after photographs which depict what they say as Jevilyn's "obviously artificially posed body" along with other confiscated rebel paraphernalia. The bloc says that the remains was treated as a war trophy. The military on their part has cited Jevilyn's affiliation, as proof of Bayan Muna's role in recruiting the youth to the NPA.[15] The Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has also called for the investigation on the body's treatment and a review protocol in handling bodies of rebels killed in battle.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "Lawmaker's daughter killed in Surigao del Sur clash". CNN Philippines. November 29, 2020. Archived from the original on November 30, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Mascariñas, Erwin M. (June 9, 2019). "'Lumad' takes IP struggle to Congress". Inquirer. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  3. ^ a b Umil, Anne Marxze (2018-10-31). "UP community slams Uson's red-tagging of Lumad schools". Bulatlat. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  4. ^ Panganiban, Chris V. (October 1, 2018). "'Lumad' vow to testify vs Duterte at ICC". Inquirer. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  5. ^ Umil, Anne Marxze (2014-12-09). "Eufemia Cullamat, leading generations of Manobo". Bulatlat. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  6. ^ Roxas, Pathricia Ann V. (2019-08-05). "Makabayan refiles 'stronger, pro-worker' anti-endo bill". Inquirer. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  7. ^ Bonette, Aaron (July 4, 2019). "SOGIE Equality Bill filed anew in 18th Congress". Outrage Magazine. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  8. ^ Yap, D. J. (2020-01-28). "Makabayan bloc files bill seeking ABS-CBN franchise renewal". Inquirer. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  9. ^ Rosario, Ben (2020-11-26). "House declares climate emergency; PH may now pursue int'l justice". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  10. ^ Hallare, Katrina (2020-07-27). "LOOK: Progressive solons' carries on with protest fashion". Inquirer. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  11. ^ Clarin, Alyssa Mae (2019-07-22). "Manobo leader Eufemia Cullamat to represent indigenous peoples in Congress". Bulatlat. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  12. ^ "DepEd formally shuts down 55 Lumad schools in Davao". Rappler. October 8, 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  13. ^ "Who's who: Winning party-lists and their representatives". Philippine Star. July 22, 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  14. ^ "Daughter of Bayan Muna solon dies in encounter with military". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  15. ^ Punongbayan, Michael (December 1, 2020). "AFP links Makabayan bloc anew to CPP-NPA". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  16. ^ Mangosing, Frances (November 30, 2020). "Lorenzana orders review of protocol in handling slain rebels' remains". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
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