PADEPA 101
LESSON FOR THE DAY: April 11, 2013
... THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES
By Arthur J. Tariman
National Council Member, ANAD Party-list
Protracted People’s War
PPW’s general design to seize power took notice that the archipelagic character of the Philippines complemented by its mountainous terrain provides depth for guerilla warfare which should be protracted, i.e., from main islands to small islands, from weak to strong, and by stages: Strategic Defense , Strategic Stalemate , Strategic Offense .
The National Politico-Military Design of 1974 clearly defined the PPW’s strategy of seizing power:
“The long-term task of our Mindanao forces is to draw enemy forces from Luzon and destroy them. In this regard we can cooperate very well with the Moro National Liberation Front and the Bangsa Moro Army.
“Our forces in the Visayas can take advantage of our gains in Luzon and Mindanao and contribute their own share in the task of forcing the enemy to split his forces and of destroying them.
“On the eve of the nationwide seizure of power, Manila-Rizal shall be caught in a pincer between regular mobile forces from the north and from the two regions of Southern Luzon.”
Under this strategy, PPW’s two main forms of struggle would eventually culminate in General Offensive from the red areas and General Uprising in the white areas (urban and rural).
TOMORROW’S LESSON: General Uprising and General Offensive
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