Shernee Tan-Tambut
Shernee Tan-Tambut | |
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 Official portrait of Tan-Tambut | |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for the Kusug Tausug | |
| Assumed office 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1, 1986 Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Political party | Lakas |
| Spouse |
Marjani Tambut (m. 2019) |
| Parents |
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Shernee Tan-Tambut is a Filipino politician currently serving as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines under the Kusug Tausug partylist.
Political career
[edit]The Kusug Tausug partylist first won a seat at the 2016 elections. This seat by the organization advocating for the Tausūg people and other marginalized sectors was filled in by first nominee Shernee Tan-Tambut.[1][2] She is known for questioning the alleged corruption behind the budget usage in the now defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).[3][4] She won two fresh mandates in the 2019 and 2022 elections.[1]
Tan-Tambut has promoted the use of traditional Tausug cloth, pis syabit.[5]
She proposed expanding the martial law imposed in Mindanao by President Rodrigo Duterte via Proclamation No. 216 in response to the 2017 Marawi siege nationwide. She believed that the presence of the New People's Army in Visayas and Mindanao could justify the expansion.[6]
Tan-Tambut also opposed the provision of the Bangsamoro Organic Law which did not allow individual provinces in the ARMM to vote if they want to be included in the new Bangsamoro autonomous region. Her province of Sulu was included in the new region which replaced the ARMM in 2019 despite most Sulu residents voting against the 2019 plebiscite. The Supreme Court nullified Sulu's inclusion in September 2024.[4]
She also proposed the designation of a permanent official residence for the vice president during the 19th Congress.[7]
For the 2025 election, she ran for the position of vice mayor of Maimbung under the Lakas party.[8] Outgoing vice mayor Ainan Tan was named Kusug's first nominee to replace Tan-Tambut.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Shernee Tan-Tambut was born on January 1, 1986 in Quezon City, Metro Manila.[8] She is a Tausug Muslim of Chinese descent and hails from the town of Maimbung.[3] Coming from an influential political family in Sulu, she is the youngest daughter of Abdusakur Mahail Tan and Nurunisah Abubakar.[9][10] Shernee has four siblings.[11]
She is married to Marjani "John" Tambut who is a pilot for Philippine Airlines. Former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, then-president Rodrigo Duterte, and other politicians were among the sponsor of their wedding which took place in Zamboanga City in 2019.[12][3][10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Shernee Tan-Tambut". Rappler. May 19, 2025. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ Gavilan, Jodesz (May 19, 2016). "17th Congress: Meet the party list's new faces". Rappler. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ a b c Tenorio, Büm Jr. "Rep. Shernee Tan-Tambut: Sweet, thoughtful 'warrior'". The Philippine Star. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ a b c Quismorio, Ellson (October 11, 2024). "Tan-Tambut runs for vice mayor of hometown in Sulu; bares future of Kusug Tausug Party-list". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ "Lawmaker wants to introduce Sulu's woven cloth to the world - POLITIKO". Politko. February 25, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ "Sulu's Shernee Tan claims colleagues back proposal for nationwide martial law: Gusto rin nila! - POLITIKO Mindanao". Politko. July 24, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ Panti, Llanesca (August 3, 2022). "Kusug Tausug party-list solon wants permanent OVP office". GMA News. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ a b "Certificate of Candidacy for Vice Mayor - Tambut, Shernee T." (PDF). Commission on Election. October 4, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ Uy, Jocelyn (May 23, 2016). "Haves get to represent have-nots in Congress". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ a b "Kusug Tausug Partylist Solon Weds Commercial Pilot". Mindanao Examiner. July 5, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2025 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Governor's Profile". Official website of the Province of Sulu. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
- ^ Quismorio, Ellson (March 7, 2022). "Ex-prez GMA becomes party-list solon's VIP 'tour guide' in Pampanga". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved May 20, 2025.