Eddie Panlilio

Eddie "Among Ed" Tongol Panlilio (Tagalog: [pɐn̪ˈlil.jo]; born December 6, 1953) is a Filipino former Roman Catholic priest and 31st Governor of Pampanga from 2007 to 2010.

For fifteen years, Panlilio was the director of the Social Action Center of Pampanga (SACOP), which worked with communities displaced by lahar following the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo.

[6] Panlilio was suspended from the priesthood by his superior, San Fernando archbishop Paciano Aniceto, for running for governor of Pampanga in 2007.

Panlilio defended his decision to enter politics as a logical continuation of his ministry for the poor, whom he saw as having been exploited and neglected for too long by successive administrations of corrupt and uncaring politicians.

[9] Without any political party, he won over his two competitors, provincial board member Lilia Pineda and re-electionist governor Mark Lapid (both allies of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo).

[18] On October 13, 2007, Panlilio admitted that a staff of Malacañang personally gave him a brown paper gift bag with 500,000 Philippine pesos (P1,000 bills in 5 bundles, P100,000 each).

The incident was said to have occurred after President Arroyo called a meeting with 200 officials who were members of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (Ulap), during which envelopes of P200,000 and P500,000 were allegedly distributed.

[19] On June 23, 2008, Panlilio filed a complaint for plunder against Lubao businessman Rodolfo "Bong" Pineda before the Ombudsman in Quezon City.

[21] Panlilio was also the subject of a corruption complaint filed against him in April 2008 by Vice Governor Joseller Guiao over his failure to implement a 2007 financial ordinance.

[22] He was also the subject of a prayer rally in June 2009 led by 18 Pampanga mayors against him, during which he was accused of having an "autocratic style of governance" and poor performance in office.

[23][24] On June 24, 2008, lawyer Elly Pamatong filed a perjury criminal case with the COMELEC Legal Department against Panlilio for under-declaration of expenditures and contribution receipts.

Minalin, Pampanga (Poblacion) ancestral house and lot, where Eddie Panlilio was born
Minalin, Pampanga "Museo Ampon Simpanan Kabiasnan Ning Minalin" (Museum and Library of Minalin Among Ed Corner - books donated by Panlilio after his 2010 election defeat)