The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today said that "widespread military terrorism in the countryside being carried out by the Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP) comprise the biggest threat to the free and peaceful conduct of the Barangay Council and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections slated this October.
CPP spokesperson Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal said "Like before, the AFP seeks to control the barangay elections in order to forestall the election of pro-people candidates. At the same time, the military is actively working to put into office candidates who will serve as their stooges."
"Democracy is completely lost in barangay and youth council elections under the present rotten, reactionary system as these are being used by the the AFP and the big reactionary political warlords for their reactionary, anti-democratic and anti-people agenda."
"The AFP desperately wants to use the local barangay and youth leaders as adjuncts in its stepped-up campaign of suppression and its drive to recruit more members for its paramilitary forces and barangay intelligence networks," Rosal added.
Such efforts are being coordinated by the US-Arroyo regime’s National Security Council and is in line with its current "counter-insurgency" operational plan dubbed Oplan Bantay Laya II, pointed out Rosal.
Rosal also said that "military interference" in the barangay and youth elections are being carried out in league with local big reactionary political warlords who also seek to control the barangays in their areas.
"These reactionary politicos want the barangays to serve as their ‘base contituencies’ in future local and national elections and as ‘beneficiaries’ for their ‘pork barrel’ and other government fund-milking activities."
Rosal said the interference of the AFP and reactionary political warlords’ in the so-called "non-partisan" elections is highly intense in the countryside, especially in areas perceived to be revolutionary base areas. "We anticipate extrajudicial killings, abductions and other terrorist acts by military hoodlums and private armies to intensify in the next few weeks in the desperate attempt of the military and reactionary politicos to ensure that the outcome of the barangay and youth council elections will be in their favor."
Rosal said that the revolutionary forces regard the forthcoming elections as an exercise meant to deceive the people and give a false democratic garb to the rotten political system. "It is only in areas where the revolutionary government prevail where genuine democracy exists. In these areas, the reactionary government only exists nominally," said Rosal.
"Under the people’s democratic government, it is the people through their organizations and representatives who actually govern. They forge and carry out policies that serve their economic, political and cultural interests."
"The revolutionary movement’s main task in the course of reactionary elections is to expose their farcical and encourage the people to wage revolutionary struggle," Rosal explained. "As always, the revolutionary forces are sought after by the masses in revolutionary areas who seek guidance in dealing with elections as well as all other significant political and socio-economic developments and issues.
"The advise of the revolutionary movement is for them to devise tactics, taking into consideration their particular conditions, to be able to put into office those will take the side of the people and work to promote their rights and welfare," Rosal said.
"In the end, however, it is their collective resistance that will prove crucial in the effort to thwart the anti-democratic and anti-people designs and activities of the AFP and the big reactionary political warlords." (09-29-07)
CPP spokesperson Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal said "Like before, the AFP seeks to control the barangay elections in order to forestall the election of pro-people candidates. At the same time, the military is actively working to put into office candidates who will serve as their stooges."
"Democracy is completely lost in barangay and youth council elections under the present rotten, reactionary system as these are being used by the the AFP and the big reactionary political warlords for their reactionary, anti-democratic and anti-people agenda."
"The AFP desperately wants to use the local barangay and youth leaders as adjuncts in its stepped-up campaign of suppression and its drive to recruit more members for its paramilitary forces and barangay intelligence networks," Rosal added.
Such efforts are being coordinated by the US-Arroyo regime’s National Security Council and is in line with its current "counter-insurgency" operational plan dubbed Oplan Bantay Laya II, pointed out Rosal.
Rosal also said that "military interference" in the barangay and youth elections are being carried out in league with local big reactionary political warlords who also seek to control the barangays in their areas.
"These reactionary politicos want the barangays to serve as their ‘base contituencies’ in future local and national elections and as ‘beneficiaries’ for their ‘pork barrel’ and other government fund-milking activities."
Rosal said the interference of the AFP and reactionary political warlords’ in the so-called "non-partisan" elections is highly intense in the countryside, especially in areas perceived to be revolutionary base areas. "We anticipate extrajudicial killings, abductions and other terrorist acts by military hoodlums and private armies to intensify in the next few weeks in the desperate attempt of the military and reactionary politicos to ensure that the outcome of the barangay and youth council elections will be in their favor."
Rosal said that the revolutionary forces regard the forthcoming elections as an exercise meant to deceive the people and give a false democratic garb to the rotten political system. "It is only in areas where the revolutionary government prevail where genuine democracy exists. In these areas, the reactionary government only exists nominally," said Rosal.
"Under the people’s democratic government, it is the people through their organizations and representatives who actually govern. They forge and carry out policies that serve their economic, political and cultural interests."
"The revolutionary movement’s main task in the course of reactionary elections is to expose their farcical and encourage the people to wage revolutionary struggle," Rosal explained. "As always, the revolutionary forces are sought after by the masses in revolutionary areas who seek guidance in dealing with elections as well as all other significant political and socio-economic developments and issues.
"The advise of the revolutionary movement is for them to devise tactics, taking into consideration their particular conditions, to be able to put into office those will take the side of the people and work to promote their rights and welfare," Rosal said.
"In the end, however, it is their collective resistance that will prove crucial in the effort to thwart the anti-democratic and anti-people designs and activities of the AFP and the big reactionary political warlords." (09-29-07)
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