Carlos Zarate

Rep. Carlos Zarate represents the Bayan Muna PartyList in the Philippine House of Representatives (Congress). He is Chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources and Vice-Chair of the House Committee on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity. As Vice-Chair, Mr. Zarate is very much involved in the ongoing peace negotiations between the Government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.  He was part of the Philippine government delegation to Oslo in October and Rome in January during the second and third rounds of negotiations.

As a lawyer, Mr. Zarate is Vice-President of the Mindanao National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL), and Secretary General of the Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM).  He is also Coordinator of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) in Davao City, and an active Voluntary Arbitrator accredited by the National Mediation and Conciliation Board of the Department of Labour and Employment. Mr. Zarate assisted and facilitated the fact-finding missions investigating attacks on Filipino lawyers and judges.

Bayan Muna PartyList is a people’s organization that works for change and social transformation by giving voice to workers, Indigenous people, women, and youth. Bayan Muna addresses the basic problems that have plagued the Philippines – foreign domination, feudal bondage, and government corruption.

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