Marilyn Cahatol

LOOK: Arrival of Bayan Muna party-list, led by former congressmen Neri Colmenares, Carlos Zarate, and Ferdinand Gaite, at the Manila Hotel to file their certificate of candidacy on Tuesday, October 1. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1747126411744GYx7PvkaAAAukJA.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">LOOK: Arrival of Bayan Muna party-list, led by former congressmen Neri Colmenares, Carlos Zarate, and Ferdinand Gaite, at the Manila Hotel to file their certificate of candidacy on Tuesday, October 1. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em> </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Bayan Muna party-list will need to register again if it wants to participate in the next elections after being projected to not get a seat in the 20th Congress, the second time for the pioneering party-list since the 2022 polls.</p><p>Under the party-list system, party-lists that fail to get at least two percent of votes in two consecutive elections are delisted. Groups may register again or register under a different name. </p><p>“We extend our deepest gratitude to the thousands of Filipinos who voted for and stood with Bayan Muna in the recent elections. In the face of overwhelming odds, your votes are not just numbers—they are declarations of resistance, solidarity, and hope for genuine change,” the party-list said in a Facebook post Tuesday, May 13.</p><p>Bayan Muna had been representing ordinary Filipinos at the House since 2001, often as a member of the minority bloc and of the political opposition.</p><p>The party-list consistently won seats until the 2022 elections, where they received only 0.60% of total votes.   </p><p>An attempt to return to the lower chamber in 2025, saw Bayan Muna ranking 76th with 0.39% of votes, according to partial, unofficial results based on 97.28% of election results.</p><p>&quot;Our commitment to serve the Filipino people continues—inside or outside Congress. The struggle for land, wages, rights, and justice cannot be confined within parliamentary walls,&quot; Bayan Muna said.  </p><p>&quot;Hindi natatapos sa halalan ang laban. Ang tunay na pagbabago ay makakamit sa pagkakaisa at kolektibong pagkilos ng mamamayan.&quot;</p><p>(The struggle does not end with the elections. We will get real change through unity and the collective action of the people)</p><div><strong>RED-TAGGING, DISINFORMATION</strong></div><p>Bayan Muna, in their post, highlighted the red-tagging and disinformation attacks toward the party-list and its nominees.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/10/comelec-no-disqualification-order-issued-vs-bayan-muna-0757">Comelec: No disqualification order issued vs Bayan Muna</a></div><p>“The vilification, red-tagging, harassment, fake news, and disinformation campaigns targeted against us only exposed the desperation of those in power to silence the voice of dissent and suppress the will of the marginalized,” the post read.</p><p>On Sunday, the Commission on Elections had to <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/10/comelec-no-disqualification-order-issued-vs-bayan-muna-0757">issue a clarification</a> to address false claims that the party-list had been disqualified.</p><p>“Mas tumindi ang panunupil para patahimikin ang progresibong tinig—pero mas lalong tumibay ang ating paninindigan,” Bayan Muna added.</p><p>(The repression of progressive voices intensified — but our resolve has also hardened)</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1747130251783Image (7).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Members of local fisherfolk group TIMEK ken Namana dagiti Babassit a Mangngalap ti La Union holds a community meeting in Agoo, La Union in April 2025. <em>Jonathan de Santos, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>Bayan Muna on Tuesday questioned reported irregularities in the automated counting machines (ACMs), which they said “raise serious concerns about the credibility and integrity of the electoral process.”</p><p>It also pointed out that the country’s party-list system, which used to be a representation of the marginalized, has become “thoroughly corrupted” by the domination of political dynasties, billionaires, and bureaucrats.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/11/wrap-leftist-candidates-take-on-political-dynasties-in-halalan-2025-2203">WRAP: Leftist candidates take on political dynasties in Halalan 2025<br/></a></div><p>Election watchdog Kontra Daya in February this year said that more than half of the party-lists that ran in the 2025 elections are either related to political dynasties, associated with big business, related to the police or military, with dubious advocacies, or have insufficient information.</p><p>Bayan Muna challenged the newly elected party-lists to be “genuine representatives of the people”—to stand against corruption, militarization, and to uphold the rights of the marginalized.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/2/12/most-party-lists-in-2025-elections-don-t-represent-marginalized-sectors-watchdog-2015">Most party-lists in 2025 elections don&#x27;t represent marginalized sectors: watchdog</a></div><p>The party-list vowed to continue representing the Filipino masses, outside Congress.</p><p>“Bayan Muna will continue to be a voice for the voiceless, a defender of the oppressed, and a staunch advocate of genuine social change,” it said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/5/bayan-muna-reiterates-return-of-funds-to-philhealth-and-pdic-0134">Bayan Muna reiterates return of funds to PhilHealth and PDIC</a></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qqaWQJmim-o?si=tD0lVtKtAMylkzv3" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div>

<p>It is the end of the two-decades-long representation for the Bayan Muna party-list after it failed to grab a House seat in the 2025 midterm elections.</p>

It is the end of the two-decades-long representation for the Bayan Muna party-list after it failed to grab a House seat in the 2025 midterm elections.

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After second upset, Bayan Muna says fight will continue beyond polls

Marilyn Cahatol,

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Published May 13, 2025 06:15 PM PHT

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