Jose R. Ping-ay[3] in the 14th and 15th Congress It was during his term as chairperson in 2008 that the NATCCO reached the landmark first Billion in Assets, just four years into the “Transformation Journey”.

Despite its winning votes, Coop-NATCCO had no representative in the 12th Congress because of a disqualification case brought against the party by another party-list.

They recognized that active participation in the implementation of laws and government policies was necessary to ensure that the desired results for co-operative growth and development would be achieved.

[2] On July 27, 1997, the NATCCO board met at Cauayan, Isabela and approved the Network's participation in the party-list election.

Edmund Lao to prepare the party's manifestation to participate in the election and to draft the by-laws of Coop-NATCCO Network Party-List.