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Activist Walden Bello is new VP running mate of Ka Leody

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Activist and scholar Walden Bello announced he is running for vice president as the running mate of presidential aspirant Leody de Guzman. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/10/20/bello-leody.jpg"/><figcaption>Activist and scholar Walden Bello announced he is running for vice president as the running mate of presidential aspirant Leody de Guzman. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Activist and scholar Walden Bello on Wednesday announced he is running for vice president in Halalan 2022 as the running mate of presidential aspirant and labor leader Leody de Guzman.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JUST IN: Former Akbayan Rep. Walden Bello is the new running mate of presidential aspirant Leody de Guzman, Partido Lakas ng Masa announces in an FB post.<br/><br/>Bello will substitute for Raquel Castillo, who filed COC for VP under PLM last Oct. 8. <a href="https://t.co/uwzNUz7evq">pic.twitter.com/uwzNUz7evq</a></p>— J.E. Villaruel (@jauhnetienne) <a href="https://twitter.com/jauhnetienne/status/1450741527618023430?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The surprise partnership was initially announced in the social media pages of Laban ng Masa, as well as in De Guzman&#x27;s party Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM).</p><p>Bello confirmed his candidacy on Twitter. </p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s official. I am running for Vice President of the Philippines. I have no other choice but to enter this fight against the greatest peril the country faces today, the Marcos-Duterte Axis of Evil,&quot; Bello said in a tweet.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">It&#x27;s official. I am running for Vice President of the Philippines.<br/><br/>I have no other choice but to enter this fight against the greatest peril the country faces today, the Marcos-Duterte Axis of Evil. <a href="https://t.co/7EckHzJ1QE">https://t.co/7EckHzJ1QE</a></p>— Walden Bello (@WaldenBello) <a href="https://twitter.com/WaldenBello/status/1450735479955996676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Laban ng Masa said Bello will substitute for Raquel Castillo, who filed her certificate of candidacy for vice president under PLM.</p><p>ABS-CBN News sought the Commission on Elections&#x27; (Comelec) comment on Bello&#x27;s substitution but the poll body has yet to respond.</p><p>Bello is the former House representative of Akbayan partylist but he resigned in 2015 over political differences with the Aquino administration.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/blogs/opinions/06/12/15/why-i-resigned-akbayans-rep-congress">Why I resigned as Akbayan&#x27;s rep in Congress</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/03/11/15/walden-bello-pnoy-runs-govt-fraternity">Walden Bello: PNoy runs gov&#x27;t like &#x27;fraternity&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Bello is currently an adjunct professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Binghamton, according to Laban ng Masa.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1791957" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

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Activist Walden Bello is new VP running mate of Ka Leody

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

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Published October 20, 2021 05:50 PM PHT

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Updated October 20, 2021 06:11 PM PHT

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