Neri Colmenares

Neri "Neri" Colmenares

Running for Senator

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Former CPP-NPA-NDF cadre, appealed to all voters not to vote for Colmenares

With his experiences as former CPP-NPA-NDF cadre and former provincial coordinator for Bayan Muna, Evangelista appealed to all voters not to vote for Colmenares, and all the party-list organizations under the Makabayan Bloc, whom he calls CPP-NPA puppet in Congress.
October 2021

'Subversive' documents, campaign materials of Neri Colmenares seized from suspected NPA armory in Laguna

Solicitor General Jose Calida told the Supreme Court (SC) during the oral arguments on the law that the materials were seized after a police raid at an alleged armory of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. Colmenares earlier claimed that red-tagging was part of the security forces plan to push for the proscription of militant groups as terrorist organizations under the law.
April 2021

Colmenares, Makabayan bloc members under surveillance

Bayan Muna chairperson and former lawmaker Neri Colmenares as well as members of the Makabayan bloc are under surveillance for their alleged ties with communist groups. But Colmenares denied being part of any communist group.
October 2020

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