Bayan Muna Representative Neri Javier Colmenares is a long-time human rights lawyer, constitutionalist and expert on international humanitarian law. He was among the youngest political detainees during martial law. Prior to joining the legal profesion, he was a student activist.
He finished his Bachelor of Arts in Economics at San Beda College and completed his law degree with the University of the Philippines. He is completing his in Law with Melbourne University on the International Criminal Court and the Legal System Impediments to Prosecution of Human Rights Violators and the Writ of Amparo.
Rep. Colmenares acted as counsel or argued before the Supreme Court in oral arguments against the constitutionality of the Calibrated Pre-emptive Response (CPR), the initiative to amend the Constitution (the Charter Change case), Executive Order 464 (the Executive Privilege case), the Visiting Forces Agreement (the VFA Case) and Proclamation 1017 (the Emergency Rule case).
He was also counsel to Supreme Court petitions on legal issues involving the anti-terrorism law, urban militarization, the national identification system, the Writ of Amparo and the Bilateral Immunity Agreement in relation to the International Criminal Court. He also argued before the Supreme Court in the Bayan Muna petition to declare all major political parties disqualified from participating in the party-list elections. He also challenged the First Party Rule which the SC recently struck down resulting in the entry of new party-list representatives in Congress.
Bayan Muna’s third representative is considered one of the Philippine Country Experts on Universal Jurisdiction by the Amnesty International.
His commitment to human rights is reflected in his advocacies as secretary-general of the National Union of Peoples’ lawyers (NUPL), a nationwide association of human rights lawyers in the Philippines, committed to the defense, protection, and promotion of human rights, especially of the poor and the oppressed. He was also the main organizer of the Counsels for the Defense of Liberties (CODAL).
A native of Negros Occidental, Neri began his activism at 15 as a youth organizer against martial law in 1976. During the ‘80s, he became an officer of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP), Studen Christian Movement of the Philippines (SCMP) and the Visayas Regional Chair of the Student Catholic Action (SCAUP).
He was arrested twice for his student activism by virtue of an Arrest, Search and Seizure Order (ASSO) issued by then Pres. Ferdinand Marcos. Neri languished in prison for a total of four years during martial law. He was heavily tortured during his imprisonment and, as one of the 10,000 human rights violations victims in the Marcos Human Rights case, he appeared before the Hawaii District Court in 1998 to contest the unjust US$ 150 Million settlement agreement with the Marcoses.
Neri has been Bayan Muna’s general counsel since the party’s inception. He was elected the party’s third nominee in 2007 elections, but assumed his post only after the SC granted the petition of Bayan Muna to declare the First Party Rule unconstitutional.
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Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Documents and Videos Compilation shared Ferdinand Gonzales’s photo.
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1.) Ferdinand Gonzales
January 26 • Edited
MAG-INGAT PO KAYO SA TAKTIKA NG YELLOW MEDIA PARA MAILAYO ANG TUNAY NA ISYU NG KAHIRAPAN NGAYON ANG PAGSASABONG NG DALAWANG ISTASYON DAHIL KAY VHONG NAVARRO AY TAKTIKANG MALIWANAG NG GOBYERNO PARA MAILAYO ANG TUNAY NA ISYUNG TINATANONG NG WORLD BANK SA GOBYERNO KAYA MGA KABABAYAN INTINDIHIN NINYO NA MISMONG SI VHONG ANG NAGSADYA SA BAHAY NG BABAE PARA MAGING PAIN SA IKALALAYO NG TUNAY NA KWENTO NGBANSA TULAD NG PAGSAGOT SANA NG GOBYERNO SA KAHIRAPAN NG BANSA NA DI IKASISIYA NG PANDAIGDIGANG KINAUUKULAN. KUMPIRMADO NAMIN NA MULA KAY KRIS AQUINO ANG IPINAMBAYAD SA PAGPAPAGAMOT AT PAGIGING PAIN NI VHONG NAVARRO TINGNAN LANG PO NAMIN KUNG HINDI BUMILI SI VHONG NG BAGONG SASAKYAN PAGKAGALING NIYAN. QUESTIONABLE ANG P 50 M NA NAPUNTA KAY VHONG NAVARRO MULA SA RP NA ANG PUNU’T DULO AY ANG DONASYON PARA SA MGA NABIKTIMA NG BAGYONG YOLANDA. PLEASE SHARE…
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Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Documents and Videos Compilation shared Ferdinand Gonzales’s photo.
2. ) Ferdinand Gonzales
January 28 • Edited
May mga anggulong pinag-iikutan ang VHONG-DENISE-CEDRIC RIFT una para maitago sa publiko ang tunay na issue ng bansa, ikalawa’y may nakaalam sa mga media personnel ng tatlong higanteng istasyon na ginapang na maipasa ng mga Kongresista, Senador at PNOY na legal na legal ang DAP at PDAF at pangatlo’y nakatikim ng pressure ang Philippine Media at Representatives sa Davos, Switzerland kung saan nga naman nila dinala ang umabot sa mahigit na US$ 9 B DONASYON nila para sa nasalanta ng bagyong Yolanda at may US$ 100 M para naman sa nasalanta ng bagyong Agaton sa Mindanao kaya nakita po ninyo pinihit agad nila dito sa isyung ito at take note bayad ang mga naglaro sa isyung ito at kumpirmado na po namin na mayroong pera ang tatlong kataong nabanggit kaya lahat ng ito ay set up nilang lahat. May pananagutan sa batas ng Pilipinas ang Vhong-Denise-Cedric players. Nagsakripisyo si Vhong matapos siyang bayaran ng paunang P 15 M at isusunod na lang daw ang additional P 15 M pagkagaling basta ituro lang niya na may kasalanan ang dalawang akusado pero itong dalawang akusado kumpirmado ring nabayaran ng P 10 M each. Isang favorite girl sa palasyo itong si girl.
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3.) Ferdinand Gonzales
January 27
Donasyon ng buong mundo ang pilit na tinatakpan ng yellow government sa issueng Vhong Navarro kaya nga lahat ng pangyayari ay scripted ang pambubugbog kay Vhong Navarro at ang pagsasalita ng mga akusado at dikta ng magandang boses na related sa palasyo. Tandaan po ninyo ang BPI under the name of Vhong Navarro ay P 15 M, Allied Bank under Cedric ay 10 M at ang babae ay P 10 M nakamata ang mga galamay ng bansa sa mga iyan at kumpirmadong may nailipat na pera sa tatlong beneficiary ng donation for Yolanda.
October 3, 2013
Dear Congressman Neri J. Colminares:
Mayroon sana akong hihilingan sa iyo na Bill na iyong ma-file, kahit alam kongmahihirapn itong maka-pasa. Ang Bill ay para maalis ang ang mga PORK atPERKS ng mga Senador at Congressmen, ito rin ay mababawasan kunghindi man ay mawawala ang POLITICAL DYNASTY, na itinatakda sa atingSaligang Batas(SB)..
Ang sinasai kong Bill ay naglalaman ng mga sumusunod:
1. Alisin ang lahat ng uri ng PORK BARREL, sapagkat ito talaga namang ipinagbabawal ng SB, nagtataka lamang ako dahil ito daw a legal
sabi ng Supreme Court (SC):
2. Gawing STANDARD ang lahat ng STAFF at CONSULTANT ng mga
Senador ang Congressmen, SALAPI (maximum amount ) BILANG (Head Count) POSITIONS at SWELDO. Parang PERANG HAPON kung gustosin ng mga Senador at Congressmaen ang pera ng Bayan, na hindi kailaman ito gagawin kung sarili nilang pera: Isipin na lamang, Birthday Celebration, gagastos ng mahigit PHP 6.0 Million, kasi hinid nila pera;
3. Lahat ng DISBURSEMENTS ng Senado at House of Representative
ay ma-REPORT, buwan-buwan, within 5 days, after the close of Calendar Month, sa Newspaper. Napka-dali nito dahil, Computerized naman ang Accounting System ng Congress. Kahit inabukasan, first day of the following month.
4. Lahat ng DISBURSEMENTS ng DBM, buwan-buwan ay ma-REPORT,
within 5 days after the close of the calendar month;
Kung hindi maka-first base ang bill na sinasabi ko, hamonin natin ang iba
pang mga PARTY LIST CONGRESSMEN at MAKA-BAYAN PARTIDO na mag-karoon ng CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE (HINDI PAGBABAYAD NG BUWIS) , gaya nuong Panahong Marcos.
I hope to meet, with your permission,when I return to the Philippines.
Lubos na gunagalang and God Bless to and your Family,
Jose P. Banez
151 Judson Street, #103
Redlands, CA 92374, USA
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sir,
isa po ako sa libo-libong filipino na inyong tagahanga.
saludo po ako sa inyo.
keep-up the good works
may your tribes increase.
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