In the run-up to the 47th anniversary of the founding of the
New People’s Army, the NPA has escalated its campaign of violence, as if to
remind the Filipino people that they are still a force to be reckoned with,
capable of inflicting harm on their perceived enemies — that is, any person or
entity that refuses to pay what they call ‘revolutionary’ and ‘permit to
campaign’ taxes, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine
National Police.
The violence perpetrated by the NPA is totally out of tune
with the desire of the Filipino people to live in peace. We have just come out
of the Holy Week with its message of peace and redemption for all human kind.
And we are entering the intensity of the campaign period for the next leaders
of the country who will be elected in May.
Our people deserve their right to fair, free and peaceful
elections, but this is not possible under the regime of arson, extortion, and
murder imposed by the NPA in the country sides.
We invite the NPA and its mother organization, the Communist
Party of the Philippines
After 47 years of armed struggle, the CPP/NPA must realize
that, in spite of their avowed intentions to resolve the ills of society, their
bloody rebellion has become part of the problem.
We therefore invite our armed brethren to be part of the
restoration of democracy that we regained in 1986 via a peaceful struggle
against an entrenched dictatorship. Just imagine what we, the Filipino people,
united in our desire for peaceful change, can accomplish if we work on our
issues jointly and creatively together, in peace.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=870721
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