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“The fight is not yet over.”

Opposition coalition 1Sambayan formally endorsed former Makati congressman Monsour Del Rosario as their 11th senatorial candidate.

Opposition coalition 1Sambayan on Saturday, April 2, denied Senator Imee Marcos’ accusations that the matter of her family’s P203-billion estate tax debt was a smear campaign against his brother, former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., even though it has been 23 years since the Supreme Court ruled with finality on the debt.

Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday, March 24, called for the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to file a criminal case against former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for failing to pay his family’s P203-billion estate tax debt.

Opposition coalition 1Sambayan endorsed trade unionist Elmer “Ka Bong” Labog and reelectionist Sen. Richard Gordon in its senatorial slate for the upcoming May 9 elections.

Opposition coalition 1Sambayan also joined the call to condemn Russia’s recent military invasion of Ukraine and demanded to immediately withdraw its armed forces from the former Soviet republic.

Opposition coalition 1SAMBAYAN said there is a need for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to “clear the air of doubt” about its independence, urging the commissioners of the poll body to resist all political influence as the country gears up for the upcoming 2022 elections.

Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate Senator Kiko Pangilinan welcomed on Saturday, Jan. 29, the endorsement of progressive coalition Makabayan, saying that this opens doors for unity and cooperation that will benefit Filipinos.

Opposition coalition 1Sambayan will formally endorse the tandem of Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, as well as seven aspirants in their senatorial slate, in a “star-studded” event slated on Jan. 28.

Convenors of opposition coalition 1Sambayan believe that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will do the right thing and implement the law on the disqualification case against presidential aspirant former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

The lawsuit filed by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi against seven media organizations, including the Manila Bulletin, for publishing a story on him and Davao City-based businessman Dennis Uy facing a graft complaint over irregularities in the Malampaya gas field buyout was meant to stifle freedom of the press, opposition coalition 1Sambayan said on Sunday, Dec. 5.

Opposition coalition 1Sambayan is gearing up for a “different kind of campaign,” one that will be purely fought in television, radio, and social media, but retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said another battle looms in protecting presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo’s votes come election time.

Opposition coalition 1Sambayan has named at least seven senatorial aspirants from Vice President Leni Robredo’s slate that it is considering to endorse in the May 2022 national elections.

Convenors of opposition coalition 1Sambayan are still deciding on the senatorial slate it will endorse for the 2022 polls, targeting to come up with a final line-up after November 15, the last day for substituting of candidates who withdraw.

The row between Antonio Trillanes IV and the Makabayan bloc in Congress continues to heat up after the former senator criticized the group for failing to endorse Vice President Leni Robredo’s candidacy even when it had at least four of its members in the opposition coalition 1Sambayan.

The Makabayan bloc—composed of progressive party-list groups in the House of Representatives—tried to block opposition coalition 1Sambayan’s nomination of Vice President Leni Robredo as its presidential bet, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said.

Opposition coalition 1Sambayan on Thursday, October 7, vowed full support for Vice President Leni Robredo who joined the 2022 presidential race even as this will be an “uphill battle” against the resources of the current administration.

Opposition coalition 1Sambayan on Tuesday, Oct. 5, called out former Senator Bongbong Marcos, the son of the late President Ferdinand Marcos and who announced his presidential bid, to stop distorting the truth about the dark days of his family’s Martial Law era.