Article from the Philippine Star posted to ABS-CBN (Jan 4): PNoy appoints 4th Akbayan nominee
Another official of the Akbayan party-list group gets a post in the Aquino government. Tomasito Villarin will be replacing Ibarra Gutierrez, who resigned last year to run for Akbayan party-list representative, as undersecretary for political affairs. Villarin is an alumnus of the University of Santo Tomas, where he obtained his economics degree.
President Aquino has appointed several Akbayan officials and members to various government agencies. Among them was its founding chairman, former Akbayan party-list representative Etta Rosales, who was named chairman of the Commission on Human Rights. Rosales enjoys a seven-year fixed term, which ends a year after Aquino steps down.
Presidential Adviser for Political Affairs Ronaldo Llamas and National Anti-Poverty Commission’s Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel are also members of Akbayan. Baraquel is also in the senatorial ticket of the administration Liberal Party. At least 10 Akbayan members were also appointed to the Bureau of Customs.
Left-wing party-list groups have called for the delisting of Akbayan, saying they are now “well-entrenched” in government and could not claim to represent a marginalized sector.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/03/13/pnoy-appoints-4th-akbayan-nominee
Akbayan Citizens Watch better know simply as Akbayan was formed for the most party by former members of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Manila-Rizal Regional Party Committee who bolted the Party following the ideological split that took place within the Maoist organization in the 1990s. Members of Akabayan are "rejectionists", those who rejected the primacy of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zhe Dong Thought and armed struggle in favor of participation in the political process.
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