Progressive party-list group Bayan Muna launched their campaign in Cagayan de Oro, emphasizing their presence in Mindanao and criticizing the EDCA agreement and economic disparity. Former Bayan Muna representative Carlos Zarate highlighted Cagayan de Oro's status as an EDCA site, while Liza Maza condemned the presence of US troops, arguing it hinders Philippine development. Both Maza and Zarate denounced the current political and economic systems, which they believe benefit the elite and foreigners at the expense of ordinary Filipinos. They pledged to advocate for price controls and economic reforms to address poverty and inequality.
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The old Cagayan de Oro airport in Barangay Lumbia has been turned into a Philippine Air Force base, and it is where US military facilities are allowed. The government has also announced plans to allow US forces to put up EDCA facilities in neighboring Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. Maza and Bayan Muna leaders also spoke against the present state of the country’s political and economic systems, which they said, benefit the elite and foreigners while leaving many Filipinos in poverty. Maza called such systems “rotten.”
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