Educational Attainment

• No data on tertiary
education

Professional/Public Service
Record

• Senator – 2004 - Present

• Presidential Adviser
for Children’s Affairs –
1999-2001
• Undersecretary ,
Department of
Social Welfare and
Development – 1992-
1998

Significant Achievements:

• Senator Madrigal is currently the
  chairperson of four committees
  in the Senate, namely, the
  Committee on Environment and
  Natural Resources; Committee
  on Youth, Women, and Family
  Relations; Committee on
  Cultural Communities; and
  the Committee on Peace,
  Unification, and Reconciliation.
• She is from a family of nationbuilders
  and public servants.
  She is the granddaughter of
  a national hero and martyr,
  Supreme Court Chief Justice
  Jose Abad Santos. Her
  granduncle, Assemblyman
  Pedro Abad Santos, was the
  founder of the Socialist Party
  of the Philippines and a wellknown
  defender of the poor
  and the oppressed.

Major Positions on Development and Reform Agenda and Other
Major Advocacies

• Senator Madrigal co-authored the Magna Carta for Women and
  the Anti-Child Pornography Act. While she expressed support for
  CARPER, she did not vote for it.
• She voted against the ratification of JPEPA. The senator also filed
  a bill repealing the Mining Act of 1995 and a bill for the imposition
  of a total log ban. She likewise authored a bill defining and
  penalizing enforced or involuntary disappearances as well as the
  proposed Human Rights Act.
• She met with the peace negotiations panel of the National
  Democratic Front in Utrecht, The Netherlands and issued a
  statement reiterating her call for the immediate resumption of the
  formal talks in the peace negotiations between the government
  and the NDF.
• Senator Madrigal filed an ethics case against Sen. Manny Villar
  for allegedly benefitting from the construction of the C-5 road
  extension project in Paranaque City. In turn, she is the respondent
  in a case filed before the Senate Committee on Ethics by former
  Rep. Gilbert Remulla of Cavite. Remulla said that Madrigal used
  “vile language unbecoming a senator” within the premises of the
  Senate. She recently earned the ire of Filipino bloggers for the
  yellow beaded bracelets that were being given away during the
  memorial services for former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino.
  The bracelets included a picture of Madrigal who, incidentally, had
  announced on July 31 that she would run for President in 2010.
• She would support more stringent measures on the production
  and advertising of unhealthy food products. If elected president,
  her administration will be very strict and will limit advertising of
  such products (and) tax softdrinks.
• Regarding the divorce bill, she would put it to a referendum to
  concretely determine if the people favor it. Congress should not
  enact this by themselves.
• On the OFW issue, she states that the OFW problem is a creation
  of the Arroyo administration because of the Omnibus Code that
  has been passed that in effect legalizes trafficking and slavery
  of OFWs to Middle East countries. She intends to reverse this
  though economic growth by collecting taxes and stopping
  technical smuggling.
• On the pork barrel, she said that she does not accept it because
  of the corruption it generates if you try to use it. She further stated
  that “it is the source of major corruption in the country. If elected
  presented, short of abolishing it, there will only be certain places
  where the pork barrel can go that can be completely audited”.
  She also said that she will veto insertions because tens of billions
  are wasted due to these. She will use the savings from these
  insertions for agriculture, SMEs, environmental protection, health
  care and education.

Visit her website: www.jambymadrigal.com