Makabayan Cavite

Makabayan calls on supporters to vote for 12 senators

Renato M. Reyes, Jr.
Makabayan campaign manager

Makabayan is officially endorsing 11 senatorial candidates and 4 partylist groups for the 2025 mid-term elections but is asking voters to choose a 12th candidate to complete the line up. The 11 senatorial candidates from Makabayan are KMU’s Jerome Adonis, nurse Alyn Andamo, Pamalakaya leader Ronnel Arambulo, Gabriela represenative Arlene Brosas, Bayan chair Teddy Casino, ACT Teachers representative France Castro, Kadamay leader Mimi Doringo, PISTON president Mody Floranda, Sandugo Moro leader Amirah Lidasan, Makabayan President Liza Maza and KMP chair Danilo Ramos. The four partylist groups are Bayan Muna, Gabriela Women’s Party, ACT Teachers Partylist and Kabataan Partylist.

We leave it to our supporters and friends to choose the 12th senatorial candidate who will complete their senatorial line up. We hope they choose the candidate whose positions on issues are closest to the positions taken by Makabayan and its partylist groups.

We need a people’s opposition in the next Congress. With issues such as the worsening economic crisis, the impeachment of the Vice President, the ICC trial of former president Duterte, continuing human rights violations and attacks on our national sovereignty, we cannot rely on either Marcos nor Duterte loyalists to uphold the interests of the people. Both parties have shown that their respective slates were formed out of convenience and self-serving ends. A people’s opposition is necessary to ensure that we have a voice in Congress.

Makabayan will be holding its Miting de Avance for Souther Tagalog, Bicol and Negros regions on May 1. The national Miting de Avance will be held in Tomas Morato Extension in Quezon City on May 9 at around 5pm.

📍BACOOR, CAVITE

Yesterday, Koalisyong Makabayan senatorial candidates Ka Ronnel Arambulo, Nanay Mimi Doringo and Nurse Alyn Andamo joins farmers, indigenous people, local fisherfolks, church workers and urban poor in the official launching of AKKD TK : Alyansa Kontra Kumbersyon at Demolisyon - Timog Katagalugan in Bacoor, Cavite. The activity highlighted the rampant development aggression in the whole Southern Tagalog region and calls for action to defend the people’s rights for land, livelihood, housing and basic social services.

Kej Andres, 7th nominee of Kabataan Partylist leads the opening prayer of the activity. Whilst Makabayan Senatoriables expressed their highest solidarities and reiterated the need for people’s unity and active struggle against Land Use Conversion (LUC). Mirriam Villanueva, 5th nominee of Gabriela Women’s Partylist also shared her decades-long experience in the peasant movement and peasant struggle against land conversion.

Before the launching, Makabayan senators also joined fluvial-protest at Maliksi, Bacoor commemorating the Earth Day. It is then followed by lunch with local fisherfolk leaders in Cavite.

Throughout the history of Cavite, the glaring struggles of local residents is the issue of conversion and lack of basic social services where hundreds and thousands suffers almost everyday. Political dynasties continues to infest our local government whilst the plight of the people remains. It is only in the 11 senators of Makabayan Cavite can we see the true representation of the masses and the most active participation for genuine societal change.

LOOK: Members of the Koalisyong Makabayan Cavite filed a complaint regarding election campaign-related misconduct before the Comelec in Trece Martires City on Tuesday, March 25.

The coalition cites various incidents committed against their senatorial candidates and progressive partylists, including blatant dismantling of campaign materials and being targeted by red-tagging and smear campaigns.

Other members of Makabayan Southern Tagalog chapter were also at the Comelec national office in Intramuros, as well as at provincial offices in Laguna and Rizal, filing similar complaints.

According to guidelines released by Comelec in February, unjust labeling, particularly red-tagging during campaigns is a punishable offense. | 📸: Makabayan-Cavite via Jhon Oliver Nery,