From the Manila Standard Today (Nov 16): War among party-lists gets worse
The quarrel between the left- and right-leaning party-list groups turned for the worse on Thursday, when the left-leaning Makabayan bloc denounced what it called an “An-Waray-led” attack on the left-leaning groups. Makabayan called the attack the “cheap, diversionary and retaliatory tactics of fake marginalized party-list groups.” In a joint statement, Bayan Muna Reps. Teddy Casiño and Neri Colmenares, Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan, Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano, and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio said the An-Waray party-list group of Rep. Florencio Noel was in collusion with the ANAD or Alliance of Nationalism and Democracy of Rep. Pastor Alcover and the disqualified Ako Bicol to lobby for the disqualification of Bayan Muna before the Commission on Elections. “Misery loves company,” Casiño said of the three party-list groups who were disqualified by the Comelec. “It only shows that An-Waray, Ako Bicol and Anad are bereft of any argument against a sincere effort by the public to cleanse the party-list system of party-list groups created by the rich and powerful to get seats in Congress at the expense of the poor and powerless.” Eighteen out of the 50 party-list groups in the House of Representatives had earlier shut down their offices to dramatize their protest against Bayan Muna, the party-list group claiming to be the “real” and “only legitimate” marginalized sector. Included in the 18 party-list groups in silent protest were An-Waray, Anad and Ako Bicol. An-Waray describes itself as “a democratic multi-sectoral party-list organization that envisions a just, progressive and peaceful Filipino society” with a sense of community particularly in the Visayas. Anad is a right-leaning group whose sitting nominee in Congress—Alcover—was a former member of the Left. Ako Bicol obtained the highest number of votes in the last elections at 1.5 million.....
http://manilastandardtoday.com/2012/11/16/war-among-party-lists-gets-worse/
Commies get a dose of their own medicine. Other non-CPP affiliated party list groups go after the main CPP-associated political party Bayan Muna (People First). Bayan Muna is a member of the CPP-linked Makabayan Coalition as are Gabriela, Anakpawis, and ACT party-lists mentioned above that rallied to the support of Bayan Muna.
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