NEW GROUP SPLITS FROM JOMA SISON

Despite the Communist Party of the Philippines’ stubborn posturing that all is well within the movement, a new group has recently severed its ties with the communist group led by its chairman in absentia, Jose Maria Sison. This was admitted by a group that calls itself as the Communalist Proletariat Party-Nationalist Patriotic Army-National Diagraphic Fundamentalist and which uses the same abbreviation as that of Joma’s CPP-NPA-NDF.

In an official statement given to media groups and to emphasize their difference to the bandits who are calling themselves rebels in the country, the general command of the breakaway group has categorically condemned the permit-to-campaign and other relative money-making scheme that are currently being enforced by the New Peoples’ Army in various parts of the country. The group also called this extortion policy as Joma Sison’s commercial instrument which it claims only destroys the good side of the election as it has recognized even the constitutional rights of that of a member of the New Peoples’ Army.

Aside from condemning the PTC of Joma’s cohorts, the general command also made mention of the permit-to-win or PTW – an extortion scheme that the Communist Party of the Philippines feigned not to know about – as a mere criminal act institutionalized by the underground movement to obtain the Party leaders’ own personal interests and to gain additional monetary and material resources as well as control among local residents of a certain area.

Lastly, the breakaway group also tagged the Joma’s forged alliances – made possible by the MAKABAYAN coalition - with local politicians as an attempt to position even corrupt leaders in the government as long as they have obtained the nod of the CPP/NPA/NDF. Further, the new group also labeled the CPP/NPA/NDF as mere “dealers” who intend to deceptively intrude in the country’s governance and therefore should be avoided by all democratic-loving citizens of the Philippines.

NPA’s PRE-MEDITATED EXTORT SCHEME FOR MAKABAYAN

Shortly after Jose Maria Sison’s all-out support to the so-called newbie Political Party by 2010- Mamamayang Koalisyon ng Makabayan (MAKABAYAN), his co-founded Communist Party of Philippines readily guaranteed a total of one billion pesos to pump-up its fund machinery. Interestingly, in a month’s time, NPA”s protection rackets against local industrial firms in the provinces had also skyrocketed. Last Saturday (August 30), DOLE-Stanfilco’s hired ten-wheeled trucks were burned in Alamada by around forty heavily armed Communist insurgents under its Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC). The incident occurred periodical just as the management continually refuse to pay-up Reds’ forced revolutionary tax. As expected this was also coupled with the random harassments of Globe Telecom Cellsites around the Bicol region and mining firms across Negros Occidental.

Schematically, the NPAs are trying to shift their resource build-up and recruitment for MAKABAYAN’s campaign drives. Other than the one billion pesos, that had been causing stirs amongst the CPP-NPA hierarchy particularly between the opposing camps of Sison and Benito Tiamzon, a fail-safe ratio of voters are also funneled-down by the Communist army to MAKABAYAN senatoriables. Obviously, these would also include gun-pointing and vote-selling within Reds’ threatened localities nationwide.

Other than condemning the act, Sison prided himself of the heinous act and even asserted that it was the people’s mandate. That is, as how he defended the NPA’s continued offensives.

Fueling MAKABAYAN’s senatoriables that in return cost indiscriminate violence is what Sison proposes. The armed militia is doing all the dirty works for Sison. And sadly, they have been doing this while they continually starve after having been listed last on the CPP’s priorities. So far, the Davao area based Reds had been suffering depleting recruits out of starvation. That is, despite their contributions to the CPP-NPA’s heightened extortion schemes. Even the Bicol Regional Party Committee (BRPC), which had been heading the militia army in Region 5, was also losing its armed strength due to exhausting logistics. All thanks to MAKABAYAN political ambitions, the CPP is drained from the inside. Mutineers, just like the rejectionist faction led by Romulo Kintanar before, are again an inevitable menace that would be crippling Sison’s Maoist armies.

Is this what MAKABAYAN’s patriotic banner is all about? That they feed on insurgents to win seats for 2010? Or else, is this all part of the Communist Party’s move to gain grounds on mainstream politics using their moles in the likes of Satur Ocampo? Besides, this scenario runs parallel to Sison’s former declarations of having their primary Maoist strategy complemented with their far non-violent moves in the legal arena. Which undeniably, is the main reason why until now the left-leaning MAKABAYAN had not denounced NPA’s atrocious initiatives nationwide despite their willingness to participate this coming election? Democratic processes incessantly abused by the CPP-NPA-NDF. Unfortunately, instead of hammering them down, our government is bending all laws possible to amicably settle the decades-long dispute. Extorts will continue to prevail and it is deemed to rise. MAKABAYAN will get richer enough to assure them wins for 2010. CPP would live-on and its harassments will balloon. The Filipino people are the ones on the losing end.

DAGLING PAGLIMOT SA KRIMEN NG CPP-NPA MAKATAO PA BA?

Hindi lingid sa publiko ang maya’t-mayang pagbaliktad ng Partido Komunista at ng armadong sangay nitong New People’s Army sa negosasyon para kapayapaan. Sa simula ng panungkulan ni Gloria apat na beses na pumalya ang pakikipag-usap ng pamahalaan dulot na din ng sari-saring paglabag ng naturang rebeldeng grupo. Noong taong 2001, tumalikod sa “negotiating table” sina Jose maria Sison matapos na mapaloob sa US at EU “watchlist of terrorist”. Naging basehan kasi sa naturang pagleleybel sa CPP-NPA matapos nitong pangunahan ang malawakang pangingikil sa mga lokal at foreign-led investments sa bansa, political killings tulad na din ng pagpatay ng grupo kay Cagayan Congressman Rodolfo Aguinaldo, Hunyo a-singko ng taon ding yun at ang lantarang pagtangkilik at pagsuporta ng grupo sa mga krimeng pinangungunanhan ng Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sa Mindanao.

Ang pangalawang “impasse” o antala sa negosasyon ay ang hiling ng CPP-NPA na pakawalan ang mga nadakip na lider at miyembro nito sa buong bansa na nakakulong sa mga salang multiple-murder, gun-robbery at maging ng illegal possession of explosives paraphernalia at high-powered firearms. Ang mga naturang suspek ay gustong ipasok ng Partido Komunista sa JASIG program o ang Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees. Kung iisipin, ang mga aktibong miyembro lang ng National Democratic Front o NDF na hindi pumapaloob sa armadong rebolusyon ng NPA ang dapat na sumailalim sa naturang pribilehiyo; lalo na ng mga kasapi sa negotiation panel.

Sa panimula kasi ng pormal na negosayon, nagbibigay ang NDF panel ng mga aliases na dapat ay makilahok sa negosasyon at dapat na bigyan ng immunity o JASIG. Random ang mga aliases na ito walang kasiguruhan na di ginagamit ng iisang miyembro lamang ng Partido Komunista. Kaya naman sa tuwing may nahuhuling malalaking opisyales ng NPA, dinadahilan ng NDF Panel na illegal ang naturang pag-aresto dahil kasama ito sa mga taong may alias na nakapaloob sa JASIG agreement. Kaya naman, tulad ng inaasahan naaabuso na naman ang usaping pangkapayapaan.

Sa kabila nito, nagawa pa ring palagpasin ng estado ang tila walang kaabog-abog na panlilinlang ng kampo ni Sison at Luis Jalandoni. Kaya naman sa muling paghatak ng gobyerno sa naturang grupo noong taong 2004 at 2008, muli na namang nilatag ng CPP ang muling pagpapalaya sa mga kasamahan kasama na ang pagsasabisa ng JASIG. Ang mas baluktot na kahihinatnan sa usaping ito ang patuloy na pagtaas ng antas ng CPP-orchestrated crimes sa bansa. Paunang biktima ng mga ito ang mga walang kalaban-labang Magsasaka at maging ng mga Indegenous tribes sa kalakhang Cordillera at South-Central Mindanao.

At ngayon nga, sa muling pagbubukas ng usaping pangkapayapaan hindi masamang uliratin ng publiko ang nagawang pagsasabisa ng JASIG o immunity program sa Komunistang grupo. Hindi nga ba nahuhulog sa tiyempo ng CPP-NPA ang JASIG sa kanilang anunsiyo ng all-out na opensiba kontra military? Suma total, sa mahigit dalawang-linggong pagpapatupad ng JASIG mayroon nang nailathalang labing-limang pang-haharass, liquidations at pagpapasabog ng mga pribadong establishyemento sa bansa. Kaloob na diyan ang insidente sa Negros Occidental na ikinamatay ng tatlong sibilyan at ikinasugat ng tatlo pa noong ika-atrese ng Hulyo.

Ito ba ang mga taong nais nating bigyan ng immunity laban sa saligang batas?

CPP-NPA PANIGURADONG DOBLE KARA SA PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

Maugong ang balita na ang peace negotiations na balak simulan sa pagitan ng gobyerno at ng Communist Party of the Philippines kasama ang armadong grupo na New People’s Army sa dadating na Agosto ay isang pakana lamang upang “utuin” ang administration ni Arroyo. Sa kagustuhan kasi ng gobyerno na makamit ang tinatawag na “lasting peace” sa ating bansa at patuloy na umusad na ang ating ekonomiya ay handa itong maniwala at bigyan ng pagkakataon ang mga tulad ng CPP at NPA sa usapang pangkapayapaan. Ngunit, hindi nila alintana na ang kanilang kausap ay doble kara pala.

Matagal nang nakabinbin ang peace talks sa pagitan ng dalawang kampo pero hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin ito tuluyang umuusad dahil patuloy pa ring nagpapakita ang mga rebelde ng kanilang kawalan ng respeto sa karapatang pantao ng mga sibilyan. Isang halimbawa na lamang ay ang pinakahuling atake na inilunsad ng mga ito sa bayan ng Toboso sa probinsya ng Negros Occidental nitong July 13 kung saan mahigit sa 30 armadong rebelde ang nagpaulan ng putok sa isang Isuzu Canter truck na sinasakyan ng mga sibilyan. Dahil dito ay tatlong estudyante ang agarang namatay sa insidente habang ilan sa kanilang iba pang mga kasamahan ay lubhang nasugatan.

Nakakalungkot na ang gobyerno ay handang ipatupad muli ang Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) para patunayan ang kanilang sinseridad na makamit ang kapayapaan sa bansa pero ang mga NPA ay patuloy pa ding sumasalakay sa ibat-ibang parte ng bansa. Pati mga inosenteng sibilyan ay kanila nang inaatake ng walang kalaban-laban. Paano tayo maniniwala na kapayapaan ang hangad nila kung ganito ang kanilang pakikitungo sa ating gobyerno? Hindi ba ito ay isang konkretong halimba na sila ay doble kara?

Paano mapapatunayan ni Jose Maria Sison, Luis Jalandoni at Fidel Agcaoili na susundin ng mga NPA ang alituntunin sa peace negotiations at sa panahong magdeklara ng pagkakasundo ang dalawang kampo kung ngayon pa lamang ay hindi nila mapasunod ang mga rebelde? Tulad na din ba sila ng mga MILF na may mga paksyon na direktang kumakalaban sa kanilang liderato at ngayon ay naglulunsad na ng sarili nilang mga operasyon? Ito ay hindi imposible dahil may umiikot din na bulong-bulungan na may kumokontra mula sa kanilang hanay sa gaganapin na peace talks at mas gusto na tuluyang maglunsad ng kaliwat-kanang pag-atake hindi lamang sa mga sundalo kung hindi pati na din laban sa mga sibilyan.

Ito ba ang klase ng mga grupo na dapat bigyan tiwala ng ating gobyerno?

ANOTHER COMMUNIST BREAKAWAY: OUT TO TAKE EXTREME MEASURES (“IED in DOJ and DA linked on CPP-NPA”)

The cold war between Communist Party of the Philippines Chairman-in-absentia Jose Maria “Joma” Sison and its acting-Chair Benito Tiamzon stirred dissenters among Central Luzon and Mindanao cadres. Benito was rumored eyeing the Chairmanship vacated by Joma as the latter cowardly seek asylum in the Netherlands. Furthermore, Benito was to share the Communist throne with wife-Wilma who was hailed as the CPP-NPA’s Imelda Marcos. As the two Leftist stalwarts battle it out for the Chairmanship, the CPP-NPA is running on a broken chain of command.

Logistics across Southern Mindanao Regional Commands have depleted in less than six months following the renegade status of its major players-Leoncio Pitao alias Kumander Parago and its Finance leader-Catherine Guino-o Cacdac. The Joma-influenced south is said to be in the mercy of the Tiamzon couples who is battling Sison’s ouster in the CPP Central Committee. The need to alienate the guerilla fronts in Mindanao is the Tiamzon couple’s way of severing Joma’s clout in the south. By the looks of it, Tiamzon calls the shot of who gets to be feed among the Left. Joma is a mere figure head. Sison’s influence remains a threat to the Tiamzon’s ascendancy to the throne but the pull of power concentrates nonetheless on the will of the self-imposed CPP-NPA Chair-Tiamzon.

On the other hand, the cadres in Greater Manila and South-Central Luzon who remained loyal to the CPP-founder Joma were themselves estranged under Tiamzon’s rule. They were placed on the bottom of the Leftists food and cash chain. The cadres were engineered to machinate political ambitions of Tiamzon-raised progressive leaders. Like emasculated men, the cadres in Luzon who were made to live under the doctrine of Mao-Tse-Tung thought had to swallow democratic exploitations and give-up their armed campaign. Like stringed moppets, the cadres in Luzon were forced by the Tiamzon to serve the favor of Bayan Muna’s Satur Ocampo and Teddy Casiño. Misled that the move to support Ocampo and Casiño are as advised by Sison, the cadres vowed allegiance to the supposed 2010 resurrection of CPP-NPA’s venture in mainstream politics. But as all deceit gets revealed, the cadres in Luzon are now taking extreme tactics to resuscitate the dying Mao-Lenin-Marx ideology.

The blast in the DOJ as well as the IED found in the DA were supposedly part of this contingency measures. The going back to the basics of armed resolved had to be in place. These cadres are determined to pull Communist idealists back to their roots. The legal arena does not work well with the revolution, Joma and the Tiamzons are well aware of it, but unfortunately their selfish ambitions come in the way. The DOJ and DA were deemed potent lab rats to test fire the CPP-NPA hierarchy’s reorientation to the armed struggle.

Evidently, the rumored August Moon was a fitting cover used by the CPP-NPA dissenters to turn the table of blames around. Like the façade used in the Plaza Miranda Bombings, the stir of instability to the reactionary administration is just the needed escape goat of the CPP-NPA to hide its own set of coup d’état and power struggle.

PAGTAKBO NG MGA NPA SA 2010 KASADO NA

Noong Marso 16, 2009 ay opisyal na nilunsad ang Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan o ang grupong nagpapatawag ng MAKABAYAN sa University of the Philippines sa lungsod ng Quezon. Ang pagtitipon ay dinaluhan ng mga miyembro at taga-suporta ng MAKABAYAN at piling mga personalidad mula sa oposisyon at kilalang mga tao ni dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada.

Ang MAKABAYAN ay tinayo upang maging isang koalisyon ng mga kilalang anti-Gloria groups na ating natuklasan at unti-unting napapatunayan na direktang binuo ng mga aktibistang makakaliwa o ng CPP upang maging makinarya sa likod ng mga naka-upong party list groups tulad ng Bayan Muna, Gabriela at Anakpawis. Hindi ba’t nakakapagtaka ang pagbibigay ng solidarity message ni Jose Maria Sison, kilala at ibig pabagsaking lider ng CPP, sa okasyon ng founding assembly ng MAKABAYAN?

Hindi ba’t ito ay nagpapatunay lamang na tama ang naunang napabalitang plano ng CPP na gayahin ang nangyari sa Nepal kung saan ay matagumpay na napasok ng mga komunista ang gobyerno sa pamamagitan ng pagtakbo at pagpapatakbo ng kanilang mga taga suporta sa mga ilang piling pwesto? Tulad ng naka-ugalian na ni Joma ay balak na naman niyang manggaya sa ibang bansa at isubo ang kaniyang mga tagapagsunod sa isang larangan na dati na niyang tinalikuran at dati nang naging dahilan ng pagbagsak ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas na unang kinabilangan nitong si Sison.
Lingid sa kaalaman nina Senador Manny Villar, Mar Roxas III, Francis Pangilinan at Jamby Madrigal ay binuo ang MAKABAYAN upang hikayatin at lokohin ang mga tulad nilang nagnanais makapwesto sa 2010 na makipag-ugnayan sa grupo ng Bayan Muna, Anakpawis at Gabriela at magamit ang kani-kanilang mga financial machinery upang maipwesto ang mga taong una nang hawak ng CPP at NPA. Hindi nila alam na sila lamang ang naluluto sa sarili nilang mantika gayung pera nila ang mistulang maglalaho kung matutuloy ang kanilang pakikisama sa ganitong mga grupo.

Patunay na lamang dito ang nangyaring unang pagbibigay ng tig P100,000 nina Villar, Roxas, Pangilinan at Madrigal sa mismong founding assembly. Mistulang binibili lamang nila ang suporta ng mga grupong militante. Hindi ba’t sila ay mistulang mga uto-uto na sumusunod sa mga ulayaw ng mga CPP?

Nakakatakot din ang pagkuha ni ERAP kay Teddy Casiño bilang parte ng kaniyang senatorial slate. Hindi ba natatakot si ERAP na siya pa mismo ang kumuha ng taong sasaksak sa kaniyang likod gayung si Casiño ang isa sa mga dating nanggigilaiti sa entablado at sumisigaw ng “ERAP BABA!” noong panahon na siya ang pangulo pa ng bansa? Si ERAP ba ang tumalikod sa mga taga oposisyon o si Casiño ang nasilaw sa pera sa kampo ni ERAP?