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Elsa Armada Abordo Bayani NO REGIONAL (17) SENATORIAL REPRESENTATION IN THE SENATE - REASON WHY THEY ARE PROMINENT: They outshine many others. The entire Philippine electorate vote for them because they have no one to vote of their own (regional candidates. THINK ABOUT WHO ARE BEING VOTED UPON - EVERY ELECTION THEY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO RUN FOR ELECTION, REELECTION and the entire country electorate have no other choice of their own candidate to represent them. In other words: THERE IS NO REGIONAL REPRESENTATION IN THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES - For a population of 109,035,343 as of 2020, here are the senators from regions for reelection in 2022: (Region) NCR Population 12,877,253 - 9 senators: Poe, Hontiveros, Pangilinan, Sotto III, Binay, Cayetano, Villar, Delima Gatchalian; (Region 1) Ilocos Population 5,301,139 -1 senator- Marcos; (Region) 2- Cagayan Population 3,685,744 - O senator; (Region) 3 Central Luzon 12,422,172 - 4 senators - Gordon, Villanueva, Angara, Lapid; (Region) 4-A Calabarzon Population 16,195,042 - 4 senators -Lacson, Tolentino, Recto, Revilla; (Region 4-B Mimaropa Population - 3,228,558 - 0 senator; (Region) 5 Bicol Population 6,082,165 - 0 senator; (Region) 6 West Visayas Population 7,954,723 - 1 senator; (Region) 7 Central Visayas Population 8,081,988 - 0 senator; (Region) 8 East Vsayas Population 4,547,150 - 0 senator; (Region) 9 A Zamboanga Sibugay Population 669,840 - 0 senator; (Region) 9-B Zamboanga Peninsula Population 3,875,576 - 0 senator; (Region) 10 Northern Mindanao Population 5,022,768 - 2 senators - Pimentel, Zubiri; (Region) 11 Davao Population 5,243,536 - 2 senators - de la Rosa, Bong Go; (Region) 12 Soccskargen Population 4,901,406- 1 senator - Pacquiao; (Region) 13 Caraga Population - 2,804,788 - 0 senator; (Region) 14 Cordillera Population 1,722,006 - 0 senator; (Region) 15 BARMMPopulation 4,404,288 - 0 senator. PHILIPPINES TOTAL POPULATION 2020 - 109,035,343 = 24 senators/4.5 million per senator. NO ONE OF ALL 2022 SENATORIAL CANDIDATES for reelection ESPOUSE THIS ISSUE - REGIONAL SENATORIAL REPRESENTATION for each 17 regions. Comments? Recap of above - 12 senators to be elected 2022 - NO REGIONAL (17 REGIONS) SENATORS DO NOT REPRESENT REGIONS (17 REGIONS) but indicates where they were born or reside: NCR - 9 senators Region I - 1 senator Region II - 0 Region III - 4 senators Regio IV-A - 4 senators Region IV-B - 0 Region V - 0 senator Region VI - 1 senator Region VII - 0 Region VIII - 0 Region IX-A - 0 Region IX-B - 0 Region X - 2 senators Region XI - 2 senators Region XII - 1 senator Region XIII - 0 Region X IV - 0 Region XV - 0 WITH REGIONAL SENATORIAL REPRESENTATION, EVERY REGION VOTES FOR ITS OWN SENATOR