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INDEPENDENT
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
- BS Commerce (University of the East, 1974)
- Bachelor of Laws (University of the East Law School)
PUBLIC SERVICE RECORD
- Partylist Representative for Senior Citizen Partylist, 2007-2013 (only served 1 year for 1st term)
Lobbied for R.A. 9994 (Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010) - Principal sponsor of R.A. 10366 (An Act authorizing the commission on election to establish precincts assigned to accessible Polling Places Exclusively for Persons with Disabilities and Senior Citizens)
PLATFORMS
- Give benefits to qualified elderly individuals (50-59 year olds), e.g., single parents, but bigger benefits to those 60 and above
- Upgrading SSS benefits of Senior Citizens
- Support lowering income tax
MISCELLANEOUS
- Lawyer, real estate broker, certified public accountant
- Libel case in 2013: “Arquiza…allegedly made defamatory remarks against Datol, Vasquez and other members of the group. [Arquiza] alleged that Datol, a third nominee of the group, and his faction at the Senior Citizen partylist had alleged made maneuvers in 2010 in an attempt to get the second nominee, David Kho, disqualified and gain himself a seat in Congress.”
- Filed contempt case in 2014: “[Arquiza] filed a contempt case against three top Comission on Elections (Comelec) officials for refusing to proclaim the rightful winning candidates despite a high court ruling.”
