Everything about Bayan Muna totally explained
Bayan Muna (
English: People First) is a political party in the Philippines.
The motto of the party is
"New Politics, the Politics of Change", against "traditional, elitist, pro-imperialist politics". Its platform includes the advocation of a government that progressively supports the working class, with meaningful representation of democratic sectors. Bayan Muna was the most popular party-list party in the 2004 Philippine election, garnering 1.2 million votes.
There are currently three Bayan Muna representatives sitting in the
13th Congress of the Philippines:
Satur Ocampo,
Teodoro Casiño, and
Joel Virador. Bayan Muna advocates land reform or redistribution of land and pro-
Filipino industrialization similar to the policies implemented by the
Quezon and
Aquino governments.
Representatives to Congress
History
Bayan Muna was formed in
1999 by representatives of grassroots-based people's organizations under the umbrella group
BAYAN (Bagong Alyansang Makabayan) (English: New Patriotic Alliance).
Due to its role in the
2001 EDSA Revolution, it won the most votes for partylist representatives in two consecutive elections. The party's representatives in Congress includes
Satur Ocampo,
Crispin Beltran,
Liza Maza,
Teodoro Casiño, and
Joel Virador in office. Maza and Beltran subsequently resigned to assume leadership roles in Bayan Muna's affiliated parties
GABRIELA and
Anakpawis, respectively.
Currently, the party opposes
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's presidency on claims of corruption due to the
Hello Garci controversy as well as allegations over widespread human rights abuses, most notably the
State of Emergency in February 2006. During the suspension of freedoms, the 5 members were sought out with arrest warrants by the government and took refuge in Congress. Thenceforth, the group of Bayan Muna representatives became known as the
Batasan 5.
2007 Election
In the weeks leading up the Philippine national election, Executive Secretary
Eduardo Ermita, on behalf of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, admitted "
Malacañang’s leading role in the fabricated charges leveled against Rep. Ocampo and the campaign to crush Bayan Muna." Bayan Muna partylist representative
Satur Ocampo was detained weeks prior in March 2007 on murder charges from a 1984
communist purge. The arrest was widely condemned by international observers. In the 14 May 2007
election, the party won 2 seats in the nationwide party-list vote.
Criticism
inflation. Other criticisms include that the laws they support make it more expensive to fire workers regardless of justification, thus promoting
rent-seeking behavior.
Bayan Muna's members - including Ocampo - have also been accused of being former members of, and having links to the country's long-running Communist insurgency which is still being spearheaded by the
New People's Army.
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