2. Carl Cari
• Carl Nicolas Cellona Cari (born July 4, 1992) is a Filipino
politician. He is a member of the Philippine House of
Representatives, serving as the current representative of the Fifth
District of Leyte. He is the son of the former representative of the
Fifth District of Leyte, Jose Carlos "Boying" Cari, and the current
mayor of Baybay, Leyte and the late Margarita C. Cari.
3. • Cari graduated from the Mapúa University with the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering. Prior to being
elected as a member of the House of Representatives, he served
as President of the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation (2007-2010)
and as President of the Liga ng mga Barangay of the City of
Baybay.
4. • At 26,[2] Cari was elected to succeed his father as the
representative of the Fifth District of Leyte. As a member of
Congress, he serves as a member of the House Committees on
Appropriations, Basic Education and Culture, Visayas
Development, and Youth and Sports Development, among others.
5. Education
• Cari, a resident of Barangay Candadam in Baybay, Leyte, went
through elementary education at the ViSCA Foundation Elementary
School (VFES). He graduated from VSU Integrated High School,
formerly known as VSU Laboratory High School (VSULHS). On
May 25, 2017, he graduated with a degree of bachelor's in science
in Manufacturing Engineering from Mapúa University, which then
was known as the Mapúa Institute of Technology.
6. Congressional career
• Elections
• Cari's father, Jose Carlos "Boying" L. Cari, then on his third term as
representative of the Fifth District of Leyte, was term-limited. On October
17, 2018, Carl Cari filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC)[5] for the
position, running against Marilou Baligod of the Nationalist People's
Coalition who ran in the past for the position of City Mayor of Baybay
against Cari's grandmother, Carmen L. Cari. In an interview, the young
Cari said it was his personal decision to run for Congress and that he was
not influenced to run for office.
7. • Running under the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, Cari won the
election by 66.86%. All local candidates in Baybay under the same
party, including his father who ran for City Mayor, won. He was then
proclaimed by the Provincial Board of Canvassers on May 15,
2019.
8. 18th Congress
• On June 30, 2019, Cari was sworn into office.[7] Voting
for Cayetano, he is a member of the majority block in the House.
Cari is also a member of the Millennials Club in the House of
Representatives, along with his party mate Faustino "Inno"
Dy, Nacionalista's Breaden John Biron, NUP's Bai Rhian
Sakaluran, among others.
9. • ince taking his oath of office, Cari has filed bills on establishing Junior
High Schools in Barangays Punta[8] and Maganhan,[9] a multi-species
marine breeding farm and hatchery,[10] a National Academy for
Sports,[11] and an additional Regional Trial Court[9] in Baybay. He has
proposed the Fallen Heroes Scholarship for the Youth Act or the Caring
Act of 2019, a bill that covers qualified immediate dependents of
firefighters, police officers, and members of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines in their education.[12] He has also advocated for the
vaccination of all students in public and secondary schools who had
never received or had incomplete vaccinations by filing the Vaccinate All
Children Act of 2020.
10. • Cari is among the principal authors of the Malasakit Centers Act.
The neophyte member of Congress is also among the principal
authors of measures approved by the House, including the Real
Property Valuation and Assessment Reform Act,[14] the Philippine
Indigenous Games Preservation Act,[15] and a bill declaring
the balangay as the national boat.
11. • He was instrumental in the proposed creation of a new province to
be called Leyte Occidental, which will be composed of the Fifth
Legislative District of Leyte.
12. Committee assignments
• Currently, in the 18th Congress, he is a member of the following House Committees:[3]
• Accounts (since August 7, 2019)[17]
• Agriculture and Food (since August 5, 2019)[18]
• Appropriations (since August 13, 2019)[19]
• Basic Education and Culture (since July 31, 2019)[20]
• Flagship Programs and Projects (since December 18, 2019)[21]
• Labor and Employment (since August 13, 2019)[22]
• People Participation (since November 11, 2019)[23]
• Population and Family Relations (since August 13, 2019)[24]
• Public Works and Highways (since August 7, 2019)[25]
• Rural Development (since August 13, 2019)[26]
• Visayas Development (since August 14, 2019)[27]
• Youth and Sports Development (since August 6, 2019)[28] Carl voice acted the np version of him.
13. Electoral history
Party Candidate Votes %
PFP Carl Cari 123,572 66.86%
NPC Marilou Baligod 60,395 32.68%
Independent
Baldomero
Falcone
858 0.46%
Total votes 184,825 100.00%
