Leody de Guzman 2022 presidential campaign

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Leody de Guzman 2022 presidential campaign
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Campaigned for 2022 Philippine presidential election
Candidate Leody de Guzman
Walden Bello
Affiliation Partido Lakas ng Masa
Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino
Laban ng Masa
Sanlakas
Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan
StatusOfficial launch: September 28, 2021
Lost election: May 9, 2022
Conceded: May 10, 2022
SloganManggagawa Naman!
(English: Workers' turn!)
Tayo naman.
(English: It's our turn.)
Website kaleody.org

The 2022 presidential campaign of Leody de Guzman for president of the Philippines in the 2022 presidential election was announced on September 28, 2021. De Guzman is a unionist and labor rights activist who has served as the chairperson of the trade union federation Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino. [1] [2] [3]

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Background

Leody de Guzman is a labor leader who launched his presidential campaign under the socialist Partido Lakas ng Masa. [4]

He ran under a platform focused on labor issues such as endo contractualization, workers' wages, health care worker benefits, and farmers and fishers' livelihood. He also vowed to reverse President Rodrigo Duterte's policies. De Guzman said he would downscale the administration Build! Build! Build! program and minimize the national government's loans. He would also repeal the TRAIN, CREATE taxation laws as well as the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. He also said that he would lobby for the reinstatement of ABS-CBN's franchise and release Senator Leila de Lima from detention. [5]

Former House of Representatives member Walden Bello for the Akbayan partylist was de Guzman's candidate for vice president. Originally it was Raquel Castillo, until Bello substituted his candidacy on October 20, 2021. [6]

Senatorial slate

The following people were part of their slate: [7] [8] [9]

Political positions

De Guzman plans to increase the minimum wage and end contractualization.

He opposes the return of the death penalty and the lowering of the criminal age of liability.

He proposes to grant stipends to poor students and implement a Universal Basic Income.

He favors the use of renewable energy over fossil fuels.

He supports the legalization of divorce and same-sex marriage.

De Guzman is against the red-tagging of activists, journalists, and unionists. He is in favor of abolishing the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict and repealing the Anti-Terrorism Law. [10]

He is in favor of repealing the Rice Tariffication Law. [11]

He supports proposals to legalize medical marijuana. [12]

Endorsements

Leody de Guzman and Walden Bello
Public figures

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References

  1. ↑ "Labor leader Leody de Guzman formalizes candidacy for president". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Labor leader Ka Leody to run for president in 2022". BusinessWorld. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ka Leody De Guzman accepts nomination for president in 2022 from labor groups". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ka Leody says he could have dropped presidential run had he aligned with Robredo during unity talks". CNN Philippines. October 18, 2021. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  5. ↑ "ALAMIN: Mga plataporma ni 'Ka Leody' 'pag naging pangulo" [Know:Platforms of 'Ka Leody' if he becomes president]. ABS-CBN News (in Filipino). October 29, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  6. ↑ Villaruel, Jauhn Etienne (October 20, 2021). "Walden Bello is new VP running mate of Ka Leody". ABS-CBN News.
  7. ↑ "Socialist presidential aspirant Leody de Guzman bares senatorial line up". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Colmenares welcomes inclusion in Pacquiao, De Guzman's Senate slate". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  9. ↑ "[OPINION] Building a socialist-green-progressive electoral slate". RAPPLER. November 17, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Ka Leody to scrap NTF-ELCAC, seek repeal of anti-terrorism law if elected". CNN. October 18, 2021. Archived from the original on December 2, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  11. ↑ Reyes, Rizal Raoul (March 21, 2022). "'Ka' Leody vows to repeal rice tariff law, boost food production | Rizal Raoul Reyes". Business Mirror. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  12. ↑ Dooc, Manny F. (December 20, 2021). "Ka Leody: The Labor Candidate | Manny F. Dooc". Business Mirror. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  13. ↑ @LabanNgMasa (May 2, 2022). "It is with great honor that we share the message of solidarity from world renowned linguist and political activist, Noam Chomsky, with Ka Leody De Guzman and Walden Bello in their fight for a more just and humane society this 2022 elections. #TayoNaman #SimulanNatin" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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