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| The full Bayan Muna and Makabayan lineup for the 2025 mid-term election |
BAYAN Muna partylist and senatorial candidates from the Makabayan bloc will hold their first 2025 global miting de avance in Hong Kong tomorrow.
Slated
to meet with overseas Filipino workers are Makabayan senatorial candidates Liza
Maza and Arlene Brosas, as well as BAYAN Muna first nominee Neri Colmenares.
The
group’s proclamation rally will be held at an indoor venue in Kowloon where
space is limited, so attendance is by invitation only from Bayan Muna Hong
Kong.
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In the
said global meeting overseas Filipino workers from various countries will be
attending, in person or online. The candidates will share their platform and
programs with the attendees.
But in the
afternoon starting at 2pm, the Makabayan an d BAYAN Muna candidates will be on
Chater Road in Central to meet and consult with OFWs in Hong Kong.
Earlier,
OFW leaders in Hong Kong had convened to come up with a 10-point agenda that
they hope to present to the candidates. The issues they plan to present are:
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1) Internet voting preparedness –
they fear massive disenfranchisement due to the seemingly inadequate
preparation for the first even online voting for overseas Filipinos
2) Abolition of mandatory fees and
halting of premium hikes collected by the government, such as for PhilHealth,
SSS and Pag-IBIG.
3) Scrapping the Universal Health Care Law that mandates all OFWs and other self-paying members to contribute 5% of their monthly salary. They call for a true and comprehensive health care that will not make membership mandatory, provide for premium hikes and interest payments for missed contributions.
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4) Stop requiring PhilHealth
membership mandatory for all medical students
5) Make OWWA benefits more
accessible to all OFWs
6) Government intervention to halt
inflation and stop the increase in prices of food and other living expenses
7) Provide for a Php1,200 daily
minimum wage for workers in the Philippines to reflect the real cost of living
and frequent price hikes
8) Greater accountability against
corruption and abuse of power by public officials
9) Better protection for
indigenous people’s rights
10) Clemency for Mary Jane Veloso,
who remains in jail after being repatriated by Indonesia where she was sentenced
to death for trafficking drugs her illegal recruiter had loaded into her bags
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Bayan Muna Hong Kong chairperson
Lai Besana said, “Our collective voice aims to influence legislative change and
foster better policies that address our unique challenges.”
She said OFWs in Hong Kong are
confident the issues they intend to take up with the BAYAN Muna and Makabayan
candidates will be brought to the House of Representatives and Senate.
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