More and more local commands of the New People’s Army (NPA) and local revolutionary formations expressed their firm rejection on the “localized peace talks” scheme of the Duterte regime.
In separate statements, NPA commands and spokespersons of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in the regions flatly refuted claims by officials of the Duterte regime including Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. These Duterte stooges made it appear that the earlier rejection of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) of the “localized peace talks” offer did not come from forces on the ground, but rather only from NDFP negotiators based in The Netherlands.
“Like a fool on a hill, Duterte will be talking to himself in his government’s much-vaunted localized peace talks with the NPA.The so-called localized peace talks is nothing but a deceitful psywar ploy to cover up the total trashing of the peace process in favor of a fascist pipe dream of a quick militarist solution to the armed conflict by sheer brute force,” said Ka Oris, spokesperson of the National Operations Command of the NPA.
Ka Oris explained that Duterte is only using the hyped-up localized peace talks to have something to report about peace in his third State of the Nation Address. In fact, its main purpose is to sow distrust, disunity and discord among the revolutionary ranks by pitting the local forces against the national leadership, one part against another, and the masses against the movement. “In truth, the regime does not desire peace talks, just the unconditonal surrender of the NPA forces,” Ka Oris said.
Meanwhile, local revolutionary forces repeatedly stressed the earlier position of the CPP that the so-called local peace talks is only a veil the regime uses to hide its continuing anti-people war and widespread military abuses under martial law in Mindanao and Oplan Kapayapaan. The local forces all said that the fake local negotiations will certainly fail in their areas.
Separate statements of rejection and condemnation of the local peace talks scheme were issued by the NPA commands in Northern Luzon (Venerando Villacillo Command of Cagayan Valley; and the Chadli Molintas Command of Ilocos-Cordillera), Southern Tagalog (Melito Glor Command, Cesar Batralo Command in Laguna, Eduardo Dagli Command in Batangas, Narciso Antazo Aramil Command in Rizal and the Bienvenido Vallever Command in Palawan), Bicol (Celso Mingues Command in Sorsogon), and local formations of the NDFP in Cordillera (Cordillera People’s Democratic Front), Mindoro, Negros, Panay, Central Visayas, and Southern Mindanao.
Other local commands and revolutionary formations are set to release separate statements of rejection and condemnation in the next few days.
The statements flooded following Malacañang’s announcement that it will release an executive order that will lay down the guidelines for the conduct of local talks as substitute for the stalled formal peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the NDFP, that the regime has sabotaged on purpose.
The CPP reiterated that the people are not yearning for local peace talks, but rather for an end to the regime’s total war against civilians, the bombings, the military sieges in communities, the campaign for forced listing of civilians as fake NPA surrenderees, widespread killings, and other state abuses.
The localized peace talks will absolutely fail because all forces and the Filipino people are united, firm, and determined to overthrow the Duterte regime.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the
https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20180721-npa-rejects-local-talks/
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