Zosimo Jesus "Jess" Paredes II is a former Filipino

Filipino people

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 government official. He was the former head of Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFACom) later on resigned at the height of the Philippine government's perceived protection of convicted American rapist Lance Corp. Daniel Smith

Subic rape case

The Subic rape case, officially known as People of the Philippines vs. Chad Carpentier, Dominic Duplantis, Keith Silkwood, and Daniel Smith, was a criminal case in the Philippines involving a Filipina and four US Marines...

 after the latter's transfer of detention from the Makati City

Makati City

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 jail to the United States Embassy compound. He has twice ran for the Senate

Senate of the Philippines

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 namely, the 1987 Senatorial elections

Philippine legislative election, 1987

The election for the Members of the Senate was held in the Philippines on May 11, 1987. The Philippine Senate was re-instituted following the approval of a new constitution in 1987 restoring the bicameral Congress of the Philippines; earlier, a constitution was approved in 1973 that created a...

 under the Grand Alliance for Democracy

Grand Alliance for Democracy

The Grand Alliance for Democracy was a political coalition during the 1987 Philippine legislative election. The coalition opposed the policies of incumbent president Corazon Aquino and her Lakas ng Bayan coalition, while severing ties with ousted president Ferdinand Marcos...

, the same party of Joseph Estrada

Joseph Estrada

Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until 2001. Estrada was the first person in the Post-EDSA era to be elected both to the presidency and vice-presidency.Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over 100 films in...

 and Juan Ponce Enrile

Juan Ponce Enrile

Juan Ponce Enrile is a Filipino politician. As a protege of President Ferdinand Marcos, he served as Justice Secretary and then Defense Secretary under the Marcos regime. He later became one of the leaders of the 1986 People Power Movement that drove Marcos from power...

 but placed 46th place and more recently the 2007 Senatorial elections

Philippine general election, 2007

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 under the Ang Kapatiran Party but placed 29th place.

Paredes was born on May 27, 1948 in Manila

Manila

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, he was elected Assemblyman of Regular Batasang Pambansa

Regular Batasang Pambansa

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 representing Ifugao

Ifugao

Ifugao is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Covering a total land area of 262,820 hectares, the province of Ifugao is located in a mountainous region characterized by rugged terrain, river valleys, and massive forests...

 from 1984 until its dissolution in 1986. He is related to Ducky and Jim Paredes

Jim Paredes

Jaime Ramon "Jim" Paredes is a Filipino musician, producer, educator, writer, television personality, workshop facilitator, and activist best known for being one-third of the APO Hiking Society, along with Danny Javier and Boboy Garrovillo.-Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo:Paredes' most prominent solo...

 (one of the member of APO Hiking Society

APO Hiking Society

The Apolinario Mabini Hiking Society, later popularly known as Apo Hiking Society or, simply, Apo, was a Filipino musical group. The group had its fledgling beginnings in 1969 at the Ateneo de Manila high school, with thirteen members: Lito de Joya, Sonny Santiago, Gus Cosio, Renato Garcia, Chito...

 and a composer-singer). Paredes used to host two programs on DZXQ 1350

DZXQ

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