Letter to the Editor / MIDDAY / May 15, 1986

I hope that the latest membership figures of the Bagong Alyasang Makabayan (BAYAN) furnished by Ms. Malet Lepatan, head of BAYAN’s organizing department (Midday, May 10) will be used consistently by the various organization’s spokesmen.

When an organization reports membership figures that range from a low 500,000 to a high 3 million, people get the impression that the spokesmen either don’t know what they are talking about or are trying to deceive the public.

I wish Ms. Lepatan and BAYAN all the luck for "developing the machinery and system needed for accurately monitoring the 1,030 . . affiliate sectorial and territorial organizations" it claims as members." She will need it.

JORDAN DY