Militants marked the first day of Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation meeting in Bacolod City , by staging a protest march from the Provincial Capitol
Lagoon Park
to the Bacolod Public Plaza
Christian Tuayon, secretary general of Bayan-Negros, said
about 300 of them marched down the main thoroughfares of Bacolod
to show their opposition to the holding of the APEC conference in Bacolod
The protest was the start of more protests from Bayan-Negros
and other allied groups against the APEC meeting in the city, with an allotted
budget of P4.3 billion, Tuayon said.
He said APEC is dominated by the imperialist United States and is a venue where it can impose
its neo-liberal policies that leads to globalization and liberalization,
affecting small countries such as the Philippines
Tuayon said they are only exposing the true agenda of
imperialist US.
He said they are waiting for augmentation from central and
northern Negros to again converge and stage a protest today, as President
Benigno Aquino III arrives Bacolod
City
Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate will join the rallyists,
Tuayon said.
Tuayon claimed that some of their forces in the northern
part of Negros were held by Special Action Force operatives, near Victorias City
He said they condemn the act since it is a clear violation
of their right to abode and their constitutional right to join protests.
The militants will try to get near the SMX Convention Center
As they were marching towards the SMX Convention Center Rizal
Street
Metal railings were also placed on the streets to prevent
protestors from entering the street leading to SMX Convention Center
The traffic flow also became congested at Rizal and San Juan
City Administrator Rolando Villamor negotiated with the
protestors, through Sarah Villamor, secretary general of the National Union of
People's Lawyers, not to proceed to the SMX Convention Center
Villamor said the negotiation took place peacefully and the
militants agreed to hold their protest near the San Sebastian Cathedral, up to
8 p.m. last night.*
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2015/April/30/topstory7.htm
This is Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) front group propaganda activity. BAYAN or Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance) is the main CPP-associated multisectoral umbrella front organization with chapters active nationwide. Bayan Muna (People First) is a political spin-off from BAYAN. It is a party-list political party that has several congressmen serving in the Philippine House of Representatives. Carlos Zarate is one of those representatives. The anti-American agenda of these groups is made pretty clear in the above article.
ReplyDelete