Makabayan starts looking for presidential bet to support
House Deputy Minority Floor Leader Cong. Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna partylist and chairman of Makabayan political party disclosed in a press conference held recently in Iloilo City that they are now on the process of choosing who among the four opposition presidentiables they are going to support this coming 2010 elections.
He said they started negotiating with the presidentiables last May 2009 and that include Sen. Manny Villar, Sen. Mar Roxas, Sen. Loren Legarda, Sen. Francis Escudero and former President Joseph Estrada. However, they later excluded Estrada from the list since the latter signified not to run for president but rather to unify the opposition parties to have one presidential bet.
At present, Ocampo said MAKABAYAN is composed of BAyan Muna, Anakpawis, Gabriela Women’s Party, Kabataan partylist, ACT partylist, Courage partylist and the Migrante sectoral party and several patriotic and democratic personalities.
Ocampo was here in Iloilo City last week (October 16) to lead the launching of Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makabayan) political party.
During the launching of Makabayan at La Paz Plaza Gym, Ocampo presented to the public the initial local candidates of their party. These include Iloilo City Vice Mayor Jed Mabilog, Sangguniang Bayan Member Bing Gonzaga of Pavia town, SB Member Wilson Balingit of Estancia town, and Atty. Jojo Lutero. The group also disclosed that they will let Jury Porquia of Migrante to run for city councilor under the political line-up of Mabilog.
Hope Hervilla, regional coordinator of Bayan Muna also noted that they will soon release the final line-up of Makabayan this coming election including their national endorsement of a presidentiable and as well as local candidates in the whole island of Panay.
Makabayan will also field Cong. Satur Ocampo, Cong. Liza Masa, and Cong. Teddy Casiño as senatorial candidates in the coming elections.