One Cebu

One Cebu
President	Gwendolyn Garcia
Founded	2007
Headquarters	Cebu City
Ideology	nationalism, populism
Political position	Centre
National affiliation	National Unity Party
International affiliation	None
Colors	Blue, Yellow
Website
www.cebu.gov.ph
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One Cebu (1-CEBU) is a provincial political party based in the province of Cebu, the Philippines. It is headed by Cebu governor Gwendolyn Garcia. The party, said Garcia in a proclamation rally in Cebu City, believes in "governance that is not dictated by politics, but politics dictated by good governance."

The party was formed in response to the Sugbuak, or the Cebu-split movement, in time for the 2007 general election. The Garcia family, in forming One Cebu, left the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats, once the dominant majority party in national politics. They later joined President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's political party, the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi), of which One Cebu now is affiliated with.

One Cebu maintains alliances with district-based parties Alayon, led by the Gullas family, and the Durano family's Bakud. As of the last elections for the House of Representatives, the party holds 7 out of 277 seats (state of the parties, June 2010), including the newly-created lone district of Lapu-Lapu City:

Rep. Eduardo R. Gullas (first district) Rep. Pablo P. Garcia (second district) Rep. Pablo John F. Garcia (third district) Rep. Benhur L. Salimbangon (fourth district) Rep. Ramon H. Durano VI (fifth district) Rep. Gabriel Luis R. Quisumbing (sixth district) Rep. Arturo O. Radaza (lone district, Lapu-Lapu City)

In the 2010 general elections, One Cebu strongly campaigned for the candidacy of Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro, Jr., the standard bearer of the now-merged Lakas-Kampi-CMD party. Garcia promised that Cebu will give one million votes to Teodoro, but local election results showed the latter behind then presumptive president-elect Benigno Aquino III who got more than 700,000 votes.

Garcia selected businessman Glenn Anthony Soco to be her running mate in this year's elections. Soco, who is a son of a former councilor in his hometown Mandaue City, called his vice gubernatorial bid a way of "giving back" to the community for the successes he reaped in the local business scene.

Soco, however, lost to incumbent vice governor Gregorio Sanchez, Jr., who happened to be the founding vice president of One Cebu. Sanchez bolted out of Garcia's group after One Cebu welcomed Tuburan, Cebu mayor Constancio Suezo and his team as party members. The vice governor was against the inclusion of Suezo's group after they failed to maintain the peace and order situation in the town.