Bayan Muna () is a

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in the

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, a member of the

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political coalition

Makabayan Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makabayan; ) is a coalition of twelve party-lists in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It was founded on April 16, 2009. The founding assembly was held at UP Theatre, Diliman, Quezon City. Party-l ...

. 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

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, with meaningful representation of all democratic sectors in the Philippines. Bayan Muna was the second most popular

party in the 2007 Philippine elections. In 2009, Bayan Muna Representative

Satur Ocampo Saturnino "Satur" Cunanan Ocampo (born April 7, 1939) is a Filipino politician, activist, journalist, and writer. As party president and first nominee, he led the party-list group Bayan Muna in three successful elections in 2001, 2004, and 200 ...

and former Bayan Muna and incumbent Gabriela Representative

Liza Maza Liza Maza (born 8 September 1957) is a Filipina activist who was the lead convenor of the National Anti-Poverty Commission under the Duterte administration from August 2016 until her resignation in August 2018. She was a member of the Philippine ...

ran for senate seats as guest candidates under the ticket of billionaire real estate magnate Senator

Manny Villar Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar Jr. (; born December 13, 1949) is a Filipino billionaire businessman and former politician. He previously served as senator from 2001 to 2013 and as the President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2006 to 2008. ...

. Ocampo said that their common objective “is to emancipate the people from widespread poverty and social injustice."

Electoral performance

2007 elections

In the weeks leading up the Philippine national election, Executive Secretary

Eduardo Ermita Eduardo R. Ermita (born July 13, 1935) is a former Executive Secretary (Philippines), Executive Secretary of the Philippines and former spokesperson for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Ermita took his Defense Resource Management Course at the Na ...

, on behalf of 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

was detained weeks prior in March 2007 on murder charges from an alleged 1984

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purge in

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. The arrest was widely condemned by international observers. Rep. Ocampo was ordered released on bail by the Supreme Court.

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"Media group slams MPD media ban on Ocampo"
22 March 2007. In the 14 May 2007

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, the party won 2 seats in the nationwide party-list vote.

References

External links

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