Mr. Joson, who is a businessman in the sports industry, has no direct ties or track record working or being part of the frontline workers he is seeking to represent. Ms. Pialago on the other hand has an extensive record of appointive positions in the Duterte administration. She was appointed as MMDA spokesperson and before that, as spokesperson of the NTF-ELCAC. She came under fire, especially for controversial statements accusing faculty administrators of requiring students to join anti-government rallies. Ms. Pialago is banking on her previous government positions to garner legitimacy to serve in Congress even after the COMELEC had already disqualified her first group for lack of credibility as a legitimate sectoral partylist.