Bayan Muna threatens to sue Army spokesman over campaign funding issue
MANILA, Philippines - The militant party-list group Bayan Muna threatened yesterday to sue an Army spokesman over a statement that communist rebels were supporting and funding some party-list organizations and senatorial candidates.
“We challenge Capt. Gene Orense (spokesman for the Army’s 8th Infantry Division) to present evidence. Otherwise we will file a case against him before the Ombudsman for electioneering,†Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares said.
He said Orense also violated a circular issued by Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin “prohibiting vilification of party-list groups and red baiting.â€
Orense, however, refused to name names.
Bayan Muna is one of several militant groups represented in the House of Representatives.
Outgoing Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño is an independent senatorial candidate. – With Marvin Sy, Artemio Dumlao
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