NPA PINATOTOHANAN ANG LANTARANG PTC AT PTW

Kahit anung paraan ang gawin ng New People’s Army (NPA) sa pagtanggi at pag-iwas sa isyu ng paggamit sa eleksyon upang makalikom ng sangkatutak na pera pangtustos sa kanilang pakikibaka at malamang pati na rin sa matiwasay na buhay ni Jose Ma. Sison sa Netherlands, ang katotohanan pa rin ang mangingibabaw. Hindi maikakaila na mayroon ngang nangyayaring bayaran sa iba’t-ibang panig ng bansa upang maisakatuparan ang pagkapanalo ng mga pulitikong suportado ng mga rebelde. Ngunit may isang grupo na nagpakilalang TERCERISTA ang kumokondena sa laganap na paggamit ng eleksyon bilang isang negosyong pagkakaperahan.

Ang paghihiwalay ng naturang grupo ay nagbigay daan sa bagong kahulugan ng CPP-NPA-NDF bilang Communalist Proletariat Party – Nationalist Patriotic Army – National Diagraphic Fundamentalist. Ipinakita ng TERCERISTA ang kanilang katapangan na talikuran ang lider na si Sison at tuligsahin ang utos nitong magkaroon ng aktibong partisipasyon para sa paparating na halalan. Iginigiit din ng grupo na iba ang kanilang isinusulong kaysa sa ideya ni Sison na kumita ng pera sa pamamagitan ng pakikipag-alyansa sa iba’t-ibang organisasyon at mga pulitiko na kumakandidato. Higit sa lahat, tahasang inihahayag at ipinalalabas ng TERCERISTA ang mga nakikita nilang kabalastugan na nangyayari sa loob ng Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) upang ito ay maipaalam sa madlang Pilipino.

Malaking isyu na pinag-uusapan ngayon ang tungkol sa Permit-to-Campaign (PTC) at Permit-to-Win (PTW) na ipinapataw ng mga rebeldeng komunista sa mga pulitikong tumatakbo sa kani-kanilang lugar. Tinutulungan nila ang mga sinusuportahan nilang pulitiko gamit ang kanilang mga armas para mapasunod sa kanilang kagustuhan ang mga taong nakatira sa kanilang nasasakupan. Ito lamang ay isa sa mga iginigiit ng mga TERCERISTA patungkol sa CPP. Kung kaya, hindi rin mawari ng TERCERISTA kung bakit idinidiin ng mga rebelde na wala silang kinalaman sa PTC at PTW.

Ang nangyaring pagkakawatak-watak sa CPP ay hudyat lamang na hindi lahat ay umaayon sa mga kasalukuyang nangyayari sa loob ng kanilang partido. Hindi naman talaga kasama sa kanilang ideolohiya ang paggamit sa eleksyon para sa kanilang sariling interes lamang. Ito ay isa lamang pakikialam sa magulong usapin ng pulitika kapalit ng salapi at nagsisilbing taga-bigay ng proteksyon sa ilang mga pulitiko. Kung patuloy na magiging magulo ang ipinaglalaban ng partidong komunista, hindi malayong mangyari na isa-isa nang mawawala ang kanilang mga miyembro. Unti-unting mawawalan ng respeto ang mga miyembro sa mga namumuno dahil na rin sa maling pamamalakad.

A LONG JOURNEY OF MAKABAYAN

The Pulse Asia released its latest survey on the senatorial preferences for the upcoming 2010 elections. It was conducted from July 28 to August 10, 2009 with a number of 1,800 respondents. As a result, Senator Jinggoy Estrada topped the firm’s survey if elections were held today. Estrada got an amazing number of votes gaining half of the percentage votes (50.2%). The survey results showed the 14 out of the 71 aspirants who have a possible chance of winning the Senate seats.

The possible elected senatorial candidates are as follow: Senator Mar Roxas(48%) came in second rank followed by Pia Cayetano (46.6%), Bong Revilla (46.4%), Franklin Drilon (46.3%), Miriam Santiago (45.2%), Jamby Madrigal (38.9%), Ralph Recto (37.6%), Jejomar Binay (37.5%), Koko Pimentel (36.1%), Edu Manzano (34.9%) and Juan Ponce Enrile (32.1%).

Considering the top 12 possible winners of the senatorial seats, the MAKABAYAN senatorial candidates need to soar high as they landed almost near the last spot. According to the result, Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo got 4.8% votes while Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casiňo only got 3% votes.

A year ago, the same survey has been made by Issues and Advocacy Center. It showed that among 1,200 respondent Ocampo had 9% votes, Casiňo has 5% votes while Maza has 4% votes.

It is clearly seen that MAKABAYAN candidates got the least possibility of winning the senatorial race yet they are still confident enough to continue what they have started. Ocampo and group are in pursuit of power that can be attained by winning a senatorial seat. However, as the survey suggests they need to have another strategy in getting a position in the government. Therefore, they have resorted to negotiating with presidential hopefuls by offering 2M command votes from their alleged supporters for the 2010 elections in exchange of 5 assured cabinet posts. No sure candidate would actually fall for this, of course.

More troubling perhaps is the actual candidacy of Ocampo. No one seems to be against his candidacy in the senatorial race even though he clearly has not shown a stand against denouncing the issue of armed struggle of the Communist Party of the Philippines. In fact, he is outrightly embracing and promoting the idea as a complement to the legal struggle of his party. In present day Philippines, is there really a place for armed struggle? Shouldn’t our senators promote peace and unity instead of violence and war?

SECRETS BEHIND MAKABAYAN’S FLAUNTED SUPPORT

As early as December 2008, the newly created coalition of party list groups made by Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, Gabriela Women’s Party, Kabataan Party, Act and Courage called Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan or Makabayan has formulated its rules pertaining to the endorsement of a presidentiable in the upcoming 2010 elections.

Knowing that it has significant crowd supporters that can be translated into votes which it has proven in the 2007 elections, Makabayan has been boasting their “electoral asset” to the different presidential aspirants to include giving a pledged of public endorsement to these personalities.

Among those spoken to include Manny Villar, Joseph “Erap” Estrada, Mar Roxas, Ping Lacson, Loren Legarda, Dick Gordon, Bayani Fernando and even Jesus is Lord Movement leader Bro Eddie Villanueva.

During this so-called talks or negotiations, Makabayan members have been asking for financial support – separate contribution for their party list groups’ electoral kitty and for the daily operation of Makabayan as a movement – and are also bargaining for an assured post election position in the winning presidentiable’s cabinet in exchange for votes from their ranks.

However, unbeknownst to the personalities they have spoken to, Makabayan has no intention of seeing through with their end of the bargain as they have no plans of ever publicly endorsing a presidential candidate.

They are merely leading on the presidentiables that they would be publicly endorsed and that they would have assured votes from Makabayan allied groups during the 2010 elections and yet all of these are empty promises.

Aside from making empty promises, Makabayan also plans to attack the winning presidentiable after he or she has successfully positioned himself or herself in Malacañang.

Similar to what they did with then Vice President Gloria Arroyo when they first helped her to be the successor of Erap but after a while withdrew their support when they were not given positions under the then newly installed administration, the Makabayan is also planning to do the very same thing to whoever will be victorious in 2010.

GABRIELA TO DESTROY YET ANOTHER LIFE

It seems that the women’s group GABRIELA has found yet another two “victims” to recover their waning anti-Visiting Forces Agreement campaign following Subic rape case victim Nicole’s decision to drop their so-called help and leave for the United States in March 2009.

Vanessa, another girl claiming to have been raped by a US serviceman is now under the wings of GABRIELA. However, unlike Nicole, the new adopted case is dead set in only causing a public stir and is unwilling to file a formal complaint against the John Jones who allegedly raped her; this despite being consistently persuaded to do so by the militant women’s group and Lawyer Evalyn Ursua who defended for Nicole during the height of the Subic rape case. Aside from being the professed champions of rape victims, GABRIELA is also planning to anchor their electoral campaign and anti-VFA propagandas on Navy Lieutenant Senior Grade Nancy Gadian who exposed the alleged P46 million Balikatan fund scandal.

Proving their expertise in engaging on public trials, Representative Liza Masa who is also currently a senatorial wannabe of the upcoming 2010 elections has deliberately filed a resolution at the House of Representatives which would call for an investigation into the alleged fund scam. Aside from seeking a probe, Masa has also asked the Congress to provide protection to Lt Senior Grade Gadian and her family.

Based from these two issues, we can only deduce the following motives behind GABRIELA’s determined move to exploit Vanessa and Nancy.

First, there was never a plan for Vanessa to file a formal legal complaint against John Jones as her public appearance – complete with the same strategy of having her whole face covered - was merely launched to project inaction on the part of the government which in GABRIELA’s case would be better than engaging their adopted case into a long-drawn legal battle, that is, propaganda wise and which could also accidentally prove that there was never a rape incident in the first place.

For Nancy’s part, GABRIELA was quite blissful for having found a woman officer whom they can finally utilize to attack their longtime nemesis – the AFP and everything it stand for as an institution. These two issues are more than enough for GABRIELA to advance their electoral campaign for the 2010 elections. This would also help in propelling the senatorial plans of Liza Masa.

Now, would Vanessa and Nancy just allow themselves to be used as a pawn by a group professing to be the champion of women’s right when they are merely using these two “victims” for their own political ambition?

ERAP, CASIÑO ABSOLVED ME FOR MONEY

Deposed president Erap Estrada found his sins so-called absolution with Teddy Casiño backing his next shot at the presidency. The staunch activist made himself a ‘servant” of Erap in exchange of not less that Php500,000 as an initial pay-off. It had been apparent that Erap won his “salvation” from Casiño in merely half a million peso.

Is not a sign of defeat that BAYAN Muna’s Teddy Casiño knelt-down on convicted plunderer Erap Estrada? Those stalwart enemies are now on locking-arms and even flaunting each others’ company. For the love of politicking and financial machinery, Casiño orders BAYAN Muna members to forcefully swallow Erap down their throats. For the pursuit of Casiño’s political ambitions, BAYAN Muna is to serve the interest of TRAPOs in the Genuine Opposition like chamber maids.

The newly-surfaced political pool-MAKABAYAN that is comprised of BAYAN Muna, GABRIELA, ANAKPAWIS and KABATAAN partylist groups and ofcourse the Genuine Opposition led by both Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay and Erap served as the nook of moral meltdown in the country. MAKABAYAN happens to be the apex of “political maneuvering” that gone from bad to worst. The group that is also campaigning for Casiño’s ascendancy to the Senate by 2010 claims it is anti-TRAPO when in fact it is simply covering-up for the TRAPOs who seemingly pay them millions. Casiño is worse than Erap. Sucking-up with TRAPOs to get into the Senate floor made Casiño the “dirt” shrugged on the rug.

Frankly speaking, Erap testing the presidential waters again despite the respite of the public is to be blamed at Casiño and company who by now traded their militancy to become first-class lapdogs. This made Philippine politics revolting. As EDSA Dos became part of the obviously neglected history, the interest to persecute Erap and the enthusiasm to have the tribunals taking its course died along with it. This was because we let people such as Casiño to dictate us on what and who to believe. We let Casiño speak for us. We let Casiño’s blander and “political speeches” deafen our resolve for what is wrong and fitting. We made Casiño believe that his supposed clout on public perception is enough to have him erring across Erap’s camp, taking adverse and opposing decisions like pushing BAYAN Muna to praise the former’s money and even bending Juan dela Cruz to the limit by supporting the presidency of the man who once abused his authority. Filipinos are not dumb to take-back Erap like his plunder was not an issue. Casiño may have bargained his loyalty for the senate seat, but the masses will think and act differently.

Erap-Casiño tandem for 2010 is what disgusts the public. The far-cry for reform remains elusive as politicking rule 2010. Not the so-called third force or the MAKABAYAN group pushed no less by Casiño and those claiming to be in the “right” are worth people’s trust. Erap is unfit for the presidency. Casiño who thinks otherwise is part of the rotten bunch.

MAKABAYAN-ASTM, COMMUNIST TANDEM “Reds Taking Control by 2010”

As political pools try and absolve themselves from the ruined TRAPOs, Communist hand is set to replace it by 2010. For example, try looking at the fielding of solons Satur Ocampo under MAKABAYAN with a little help from Estrada-led UNO. Satur is a bonafide cadre and the recently installed right-man of JOMA Sison in the CPP-NPA-NDF’s. That is, as Acting CPP Chair Benito Tiamzon wanted to oust Sison out in the Party. Are Filipino voters too ignorant and naïve of such a fact? Or are we deafened or blinded by this rich Opposition honchos who colluded with the Reds to cleanse their names long tainted with plunder and graft?

MAKABAYAN was a set-up of Communist’ fielded senators for 2010. They are made to turn their backs from BAYAN Muna and their campaign against the TRAPOs in particular- Erap for a stint at getting across the Upper House. As a “starter” MAKABAYAN would push for four cadres under NPC and UNO. Other than that, they are also mingling with extremist coup plotters thru the Ayaw sa Trapo Movement (ASTM), which was being funded by retired army officials and forthcoming presidential contender-Ping Lacson. For all we know, the government will soon be swarmed by Communist supportive solons who will then be pushing for a change in the constitution that would greatly involve the shift to Socialist-Communist rule.

Unfortunately, the Reds found their way-in in our constitution as TRAPOs in the likes of Estrada and Lacson adopted them in their midst. It is the other way around, if we must try to synthesize behind the alliances under MAKABAYAN. Instead of TRAPOs dictating the Reds of what to do, it is the witting and deceitful cadres that are playing with them in exchange for campaign funds and even electorates. Unfortunately, Sison thinks way beyond what Erap could possibly comprehend. The latter was clearly not thinking with his head.

TRAPOs only aim are winning the elections. Problems they might encounter afterwards are to be decided and thought of as they are seated in power. What they do next with their positions are clearly overlooked. This is simply the reason why politicking and flip-flops dominate our bunch of rulers. They would just have to jettison or shift from one plausible and famous political persona to the next to gain public confidence. Thus, governance was not a matter of how many laws one made and implemented but to whose political party and prominent honcho he was linked.

However, the Reds would surely know better. They think far beyond winning the elections. Satur Ocampo was to establish Communist connections as he tries to vie for the senate along with Teddy Casiño, Liza Masa and Rafael Mariano. Try to imagine what these subversives could do as they literally have the power to manipulate one of the highest seats in the country. If the KAMARA brought them millions of funds funneled down to buy thousands of arms caches for the NPA and even hectares of land and mansions for Sison and the CPP hierarchy, the Senate would serve as the initial progression of Sison in shadow-rule.

That would advent the downfall of democratic liberties and Filipinos subjugation to Communist tyranny. It would be Lenin’s rule in Philippine soil.