Bagong Alyansang Makabayan

Sa Bagong Lipunan noon at Bagong Pilipinas ngayon: Walang nagbago mula kay Marcos Sr. hanggang kay Junior Setyembre 21, 2023 ang ika-51 anibersaryo ng deklarasyon ng Martial Law ni Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.. Taon-taon, ginugunita natin ang pangyayaring ito sa ating kasaysayan dahil sa naganap na lansakang paglabag sa karapatang pantao at walang-kahihiyang pagnanakaw sa kabang-bayan.…

#AbolishConfidentialFunds The speed by which the budgets of the Office of the President and Office of the Vice President were passed points to a grotesque kind of fiscal impunity aimed at avoiding any meaningful public scrutiny of confidential and intelligence funds. What is happening in Congress now makes us even more convinced that all confidential…

‘Biggest illegal pasaload’: Bayan hits Marcos Jr for funding Sara Duterte’s confidential and intelligence allocation in 2022 Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s transfer of funds into the Office of Vice President Sara Duterte in 2022 is highly suspicious and should be immediately probed. Meanwhile, Duterte needs to adequately explain the anomalous spending…

Bayan to Marcos: Stop militarizing civilian functions in the name of national security There is a dangerous trend in the Marcos Jr. regime where every social concern is framed as a national security issue and where military influence is expanding without limits. The so-called whole of nation approach to national security and counter-insurgency calls for…

Statement on the CBCP Public Affairs Commission engagement with the NTF-ELCAC The CBCP is reminded of the limits of any engagement with the so-called NTF ELCAC. While we believe that the CBCP has by and large stood for basic human rights especially against red-tagging and extrajudicial killings, joining the NTF ELCAC sends the wrong message…

Without oversight and transparency, confidential funds should be abolished Without any meaningful congressional oversight and transparency, it is high time the anomalous “confidential funds” be abolished. Yesterday’s budget hearing at the House of Representatives shows the basic defect of these lump-sum appropriations. They are never open to scrutiny. There is no transparency and no clear…