From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nov 13): Bayan Muna finds itself at war with other partylists
War is
brewing among partylist groups at the House of Representatives and some
have even shuttered their offices temporarily in protest. An Waray Partylist Representative
Florencio Noel said that some 17 partylist groups at the House of
Representatives made the move due to accusations that they were unfit to
represent marginalized sectors. “I told them yesterday (Monday) to close
their offices,” said Noel, adding that many other groups followed suit. He said
that they did it in protest of Bayan Muna’s alleged plan to disqualify other
groups. “We put a sign telling people to go Bayan
Muna,” he said, pertaining to persons looking to solicit funds from
partylist groups. For an entire week, people looking for assistance will find
notes posted on the doors of other partylist groups telling them to ask Bayan
Muna for help instead. Noel explained that it was unfair that
Bayan Muna deemed itself as the only group which truly represents and helps the
marginalized. He said partylist groups should be helping
each other instead of fighting each other. Noel said he has dropped his initial plans
of helping Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casino in campaigning to win a seat
at the Senate in next year’s polls.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/306656/bayan-muna-finds-itself-at-war-with-other-partylists
Bayan Muna (People First), a CPP-linked party-list political party, activities appear to be part of a communist effort to gain greater access to party-list votes. The communists have created a number of party-list organizations in an effort to expand their representation in the Philippine House or Representatives. Part of their overall effort to undermine the government from within.
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