Bayan Muna

Bayan Muna
LeaderTeodoro Casiño
PresidentSatur Ocampo
ChairmanReynaldo Lesaca, Jr.
SpokespersonNathanael Santiago
Founded1999 (1999)
HeadquartersQuezon City
IdeologyLeft-wing nationalism
Anti-imperialism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationMakabayan
ColorsRed, Yellow, Blue
SloganKampeon ng Mahirap at Kawani ng Pamahalaan
(lit. Champion of the Poor)
Seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines
0 / 316
House of Representatives party-list seats
0 / 63
Website
bayanmuna.com.ph
Bayan Muna Congressman Ferdinand Gaite speaking in a mobilization against oil price hike, March 18, 2022.

Bayan Muna (lit.'Nation First') is a party-list in the Philippines, a member of the leftist political coalition Makabayan. The motto of the party is "New Politics, the Politics of Change", against "traditional, elitist, pro-imperialist politics".[1] Its platform includes the advocation of a government that progressively supports the working class, with meaningful representation of all democratic sectors in the Philippines. Bayan Muna was the second most popular party-list party in the 2007 Philippine elections. In 2009, Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo and former Bayan Muna and incumbent Gabriela Representative Liza Maza ran for senate seats as guest candidates under the ticket of billionaire real estate magnate Senator Manny Villar. Ocampo said that their common objective “is to emancipate the people from widespread poverty and social injustice."[2]

  1. ^ "Bayan Muna. About Bayan Muna". Archived from the original on July 29, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "Villar welcomes Ocampo, Maza as NP's guest senatorial bets". The Philippine Star. Retrieved February 12, 2019.