Ex Kadamay Members to File Estafa Case vs Kadamay Chairperson Gloria Arellano, Leaders

A least 20 former members of the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) will soon file an estafa case against Kadamay national chairperson Gloria “Ka Bea” Arellano. This comes two days after they left the group, claiming that they were required to pay huge money in exchange of the a guaranteed slot in a vacant housing project.

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“Nagbigay po ako ng isang buong baboy po. Hangggang ngayon wala pa po akong bahay. Pinapangakuan lang po ako. (I gave them my pig. Until now, I still have no house. They are just making false promises.)” A certain Charlene Andesa from Pandi, Bulacan earlier told GMA News. She then throw her Kadamay ID to the ground.

That time, there were reportedly 300 Kadamay members who left the group and accused the leaders of the pro-urban poor organization of corruption. According to Bueno Cayman, one of the leaders of the group that broke away from Kadamay, they were also forced to pay P300 so they could be allowed to join protest rallies.

On Friday, Kadamay admitted that they have members who left the group. However, the group clarified that only 20 of their members left and not 300. It also denied all the allegations of its former members, noting that it was only a made-up story by an expelled leader, who allegedly conspire with the National Housing Authority (NHA).

But on Saturday, a Jeffrey Aris (the supposedly expelled Kadamay leader) categorically denied that he conspired with the NHA. According to him, he was expelled from the group because he refused to follow orders when he was tasked to get P15,000 from each member who wanted a guaranteed slot in a vacant housing project in Pandi.



“Binabaligtad nila ako ngayon, kasi ibunulgar ko ang mga kalokohan nila. Tinanggal nila ako kasi di ko masikmura na maningil ng pera sa mga kasama ko tapos wala naman akong maibigay na bahay sa kanila. Tapos, tuwing may rally, kami pa ang magbabayad imbes na kami ang bayaran. Manloloko sila. Magdedemanda kami.” Aris told reporters.

Contributed by Orlando Gagui