People's war in the Philippines, peace negotiations & “terrorist” listing

By Professor Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines
Chief Political Consultant, NDFP Negotiating Panel

Lecture at the University of Groningen, 16 May 2013

First of all, I wish to thank the Studentenvereniging voor Internationale Betrekkingen (SIB), or the Dutch United Nations Student Association (DUNSA), for inviting me to lecture on the revolutionary armed struggle being carried out by the New People's Army (NPA) under the leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).

I am honored and privileged to be invited because your association has high prestige and is well known to feature as guest lecturers high officials of the United Nations, the European Union and the Netherlands, including prime ministers, cabinet officials, members of parliaments, senior administrators, high military commanders, outstanding professors and journalists.

4 killed and 5 wounded on the side of the 17th IB in another NPA ambush

Ka Tipon Gil-ayab
Lejo Cawilan Command, NPA - Kalinga
May 16, 2013

At 5 o’clock yesterday morning, another ambush was successfully staged by Red fighters from the Marcial Daggay Front (MDF) along the road and near the Ayaya Waiting Shed in Sitio Sidog, Barangay Limos, Pinukpuk, Kalinga. Confirmed by the unit command of the MDF and seen by civilians nearby, killed were four (4) fascist soldiers and five (5) other troopers were wounded. But insiders from the AFP’s 5thInfantry Division confirm that from the initial four (4) killed and five (5) wounded, three (3) more died from among those wounded bringing the figures to eight (8) killed and two (2) wounded . The casualties were all from the newly transferred and retrained 17th IB. To save face, Lt. Col. Alvin V. Flores, the Commanding Officer of the 17th IB, whose HQ is based at Kapanikian, Camalog, Pinukpuk, told to print and broadcast media that only 3 of their troops were wounded.

Nuno ng mga Sinungaling si Lt. Col. Estrella at AFP!

Patnubay De Guia
NDFP Southern Tagalog Chapter
May 19, 2013

Katawa-tawang payaso si Lt. Col. Neil Anthony Estrella, tagapagsalita ng Armed Forces Southern Luzon Command, sa kanyang pamamahayag na diumano “matahimik ang botohan” sa Southern Tagalog at Bicol dahil “abala ang mga gerilyang New People’s Army sa paglahok sa eleksyon.”

Sa kanyang hibang na pagtatangkang labusawin ang isip ng publiko at maghasik ng intriga sa hanay ng rebolusyonaryong mamamayan, walang ibang nasusulingan si Lt. Col Estrella kundi maglubid ng kagila-gilalas na kasinungalingan. Kung iniisip ni Lt. Col. Estrella na malilinlang niya ang publiko, niloloko nya lamang ang kanyang sarili. Ang kaya nya lamang papaniwalain ay ang kapwa nya elemento ng AFP na wala sa katinuan ng pag-iisip at hindi ang kritikal na upinyong publiko.

Mabibigo ang Pakanang Localized Peace Talks ng Rehimeng US-Aquino

Patnubay De Guia
NDFP Southern Tagalog Chapter
May 19, 2013

Kung may ilusyon angrehimeng US-Aquino na mabibitag ang rebolusyonaryong kilusan sa mga lokalisadong usapang pangkapayapaan, nakatakdang magising ito sa bangungot ng nag-aalimpuyong digmang bayan sa buong kapuluan bago magtapos ang kanyang panunungkulan sa 2016.

Ilang ulit nang nasubukang inutil at baog ang diumanong “new approach” ni Aquino na localized peace talks. Nauna nang tinangkang ipatupad ito ng rehimen ni Corazon Aquino, Ramos, Estrada at Arroyo na pawing nauwi lamang sa masaklap na kabiguan. Bigo ang lahat ng pakanang lokalisadong usapang pangkapayapaan sa nagdaang mga taon na layuning pahinain at pagwatak-watakin ang rebolusyonaryong kilusan.

Hinggil sa kinahinatnan ng midterm elections

Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas
Mayo 17, 2013

Translation: On the outcome of the 2013 elections

1. Walang ipinagkaiba ang katatapos pa lamang na midterm elections sa mga dating eleksyon sa ilalim ng mahigit kalahating siglo ng neokolonyal na reaksyunaryong paghahari. Mula sa pambansa hanggang sa lokal na antas, ang eleksyon ay pinagharian ng mga partido pulitikal na pinopondohan at kumakatawan sa interes ng malalaking kumprador at panginoong maylupa at yaong mga nangangayupapa sa malalaking dayuhang negosyo.

Sa inisyal na resulta ng eleksyon, ipinakikita na 75% ng mga magiging kinatawan ng House of Representative (Kongreso) ay nabibilang sa tinatawag na tradisyunal na mga pamilya ng pulitiko o mga dinastiya. Lahat ng mga nangunang tumakbong kandidato sa Senado ay pawang nagpapalawig ng sariling karera sa pulitika, o ng sa kanilang magulang o mga pamilya. Wala ni isa sa kanila ang nagmula sa hanay ng masang anakpawis.

No Hope in the Bourgeois Elections

Fortunato Magtanggol
RCTU-Southern Tagalog
May 13, 2013

May 13, 2013 Southern Tagalog - Early morning today, polling precincts all over the country have been swelling with hundreds and thousands of voters trying to take their chance on having their voices heard through the national elections. As early as now, the Revolutionary Council of Trade Unions-Southern Tagalog, an allied organization of the National Democratic Front, strongly denounces the failure of the national bourgeois elections in bestowing upon millions of Filipinos the right to vote and choose their leaders for the next three years. It is clear and undeniable: the elections are in no way the real solution to our crises-stricken country, but a mechanism controlled and used by the ruling class to maintain the status quo.

On the outcome of the 2013 elections

Communist Party of the Philippines
May 16, 2013

1. The just concluded 2013 election is clearly no different from previous elections under more than half a century of neo-colonial reactionary rule. From the national to the local levels, the elections were dominated by political parties funded by and representing the interests of big compradors and landlords and subservient to foreign big business.

Initial results of the elections show that 75% of the incoming members of the House of Representatives belong to so-called traditional political families or dynasties. All the top-running contenders of the Senate will either extend their own or their parent's or family's political careers. Not a single one of them come from the ranks of the toiling masses.

Parusang kamatayan, ipinataw sa elemento ng CAFGU

Ka Samuel Guerrero
Celso Minguez Command, NPA-Sorsogon
Mayo 14, 2013

IPINATUPAD ng Celso Minguez Command ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan ang malaon nang hatol na kamatayan ng Hukumang Bayan kay Adan Fermanes, elemento ng CAFGU. Ang pagpaparusa ay isinagawa nitong Mayo 13 sa Barangay Casili, Gubat, Sorsogon.

Ang hatol kay Fermanes ay ibinaba ng Hukumang Bayan noong 2006 matapos siyang litisin sa kasong pagpapakubkob sa isang yunit ng hukbong bayan na nakahimpil sa Barangay Marinas, Sorsogon City kung saan maraming mahahalagang kagamitan at dokumento ng rebolusyonaryong kilusan ang nasamsam ng reaksyunaryong militar.

Rebolusyonaryong hustisya, iginawad ng BHB kay Rudy Abella

Jose Agtalon
NPA Central Luzon Regional Operations Command (Josefino Corpuz Command)
May 07, 2013

Hindi naibabaon sa limot ng masa at rebolusyonaryong kilusan ang mga krimen at utang na dugo ng mga pusakal at taksil sa masa at bayan tulad ni Rudy Abella. Si Abella, kapitan ng Bgy Burgos at kandidato sa pagka-alkalde sa San Jose, Tarlac ngayong 2013 ay ginawaran ng parusang kamatayan ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan sa ilalim ng Nelson Mesina Command kahapon, Mayo 6.

Dating pulis si Abella, pero mas higit siyang kilala bilang lider ng kilabot na Monkees sa Gitnang Luzon, laluna sa Tarlac noong dekada ’70. Ang Monkees ang pusakal na privare army ni Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco sa Central Luzon sa panahon ng diktadurang US -Marcos. Sangkot ang naturang grupo sa mga pagpatay, masaker, panggagahasa, pananakot, pagnanakaw, pangalabaw, at iba pang krimen laban sa masa.

Gidakop, dayon gibuhian ang PNP-TMG sa 1st PBB-NPA

Simon Santiago, Regional Political Director
NPA-Southern Mindanao Regional Command
Mayo 13, 2013

Pito ka myembro sa Police Regional Office (PRO)-XI Traffic Management Group ang gidakop sa 1st Pulang Bagani Battalion-New People's Army (NPA), *Mayo*11, 2013 @ 4pm didto sa Brgy. Paquibato, Davao City, tungod sa paglapas sa rebolusyonaryong palisiya sa eleksyon.

Ang 7 nga mao silang Edgardo Butad, Erald James M. Cajeras Sr., Vincent M. Dela Torre, Abdul Azis A. Ali Jr., Ariel Carbule, Edmond O. Trenidad ug Rusalito C. Caranguit giagi sa imbestigasyon,edukasyon ug hugot nga pagpanghimangno sulod sa hapit usa ka oras, ayha sila gibuhian.