Major Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr. laughed off militants’ claims that their electoral losses are due to cheating and poll rigging saying the losses are due to the public's enlightenment and awareness of communist rebels and their allies’ deception for many years.
"The people are not stupid, and now they know about the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) and their allies’ duplicitous nature," said Parlade, who is also Armed Forces of the Philippine Deputy Chief-of-Staff for Civil-Military Operations.
Parlade also chided communist-linked party-list groups for not denouncing the atrocities and violence committed by their Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) allies which contributed heavily to their defeat in the just-concluded May 13 mid-term elections.
"No matter what Satur Ocampo (former Bayan Muna representative) Neri Colmenares (former Bayan Muna representative and Labor Win senatorial candidate), Edre Olalia (of the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers), (Sarah) Elago (of Kabataan Party-list), (Cristina) Palabay (of Karapatan), (Carlos) Zarate (Bayan Muna party-list representative), and others will say about their loss, one thing is clear. They have not denounced the violence of the CPP-NPA and their terroristic activities," he said in a statement.
The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
Parlade earlier said the severe defeat suffered by Makabayan bloc party-list groups in Monday polls is a wake-up call as people no longer believe in their advocacies. "The result of the recent elections has shown that the people are finally awake.
The 'Kamatayan' (Makabayan) bloc's dismal performance during the election is a vindication for the truth. Their lies and duplicity have been exposed. In due time, more people will be talking about 'Kamatayan' bloc's direct participation in this armed rebellion," Parlade said.
Of the party-list system He also scored the militants for taking advantage of the party-list system and using it to further their struggles aimed at destroying the country's institutions and democratic way of life.
"The party-list system was designed so the marginalized sector will be duly represented in Congress. We know some of its crafters had a different agenda, including advancing the National Democratic Revolution, hiding under the cover of legal front organizations and its parliamentary struggle. They succeeded in fooling the people and the government since 1986 until the present government said enough," Parlade said.
Winning war vs. Reds
With the activation of the NTF ELCAC, he said the government now has the means to counter the lies and propaganda being spread by the CPP-NPA.
“Now we have the NTF ELCAC, finally, and we see, on a daily basis, how effective it is in addressing the real causes of poverty and that is insurgency. Of course, a major aspect of the NTF effort is poverty alleviation,” he added.
He said though that part of that effort is to make sure the people are made aware of these revolutionary dual tactics of the CPP and the 'Makabayan bloc.
“They joined the parliamentary struggle so they have no reason not to abandon the armed struggle. Yet they won't denounce this violence of the NPAs. The people have judged you for that during the last election. Now accept that verdict, instead of coming up with alibis of cheating and rigging," he said.
Bitter pill
Parlade said denouncing the CPP-NPA is a bitter pill to swallow because they have been conditioned by decades of propaganda to believe that the masses are strongly supportive of their cause.
"We know it’s going to be a challenge on your part because all these years you believed your own propaganda of the masses supporting you. Well, they don't so deal with that," he added.
Partial and unofficial results from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) transparency server also showed that progressive groups, which consistently obtained high votes in the previous elections, significantly dropped this year compared to 2016.
The progressive groups that are mostly part of the Makabayan Bloc are the following with their corresponding number of votes, as of May 17:
Gabriela – from 1,367,795 votes in 2016 to only 444,635 in 2019;
ACT Teachers – from 1,180,752 votes in 2016 to only 392,674 votes in 2019;
Kabataan – from 300,420 votes in 2016 to only 194,745 votes in 2019; and Anakpawis – from 367,376 votes in 2016 to only 145,771 votes in 2019.
Gabriela, ACT Teachers, and Kabataan also lost voters, except for their ally Bayan Muna whose votes almost doubled in 2019 at 1,107,134 from only 604,566 in the previous polls.
Parlade said Makabayan bloc’s low ratings is also attributed to CPP-NPA founding chair Jose Maria "Joma" Sison’s video disclosing that they are legal front organizations of the CPP-NPA.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1070201
Parlade also chided communist-linked party-list groups for not denouncing the atrocities and violence committed by their Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) allies which contributed heavily to their defeat in the just-concluded May 13 mid-term elections.
"No matter what Satur Ocampo (former Bayan Muna representative) Neri Colmenares (former Bayan Muna representative and Labor Win senatorial candidate), Edre Olalia (of the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers), (Sarah) Elago (of Kabataan Party-list), (Cristina) Palabay (of Karapatan), (Carlos) Zarate (Bayan Muna party-list representative), and others will say about their loss, one thing is clear. They have not denounced the violence of the CPP-NPA and their terroristic activities," he said in a statement.
The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
Parlade earlier said the severe defeat suffered by Makabayan bloc party-list groups in Monday polls is a wake-up call as people no longer believe in their advocacies. "The result of the recent elections has shown that the people are finally awake.
The 'Kamatayan' (Makabayan) bloc's dismal performance during the election is a vindication for the truth. Their lies and duplicity have been exposed. In due time, more people will be talking about 'Kamatayan' bloc's direct participation in this armed rebellion," Parlade said.
Of the party-list system He also scored the militants for taking advantage of the party-list system and using it to further their struggles aimed at destroying the country's institutions and democratic way of life.
"The party-list system was designed so the marginalized sector will be duly represented in Congress. We know some of its crafters had a different agenda, including advancing the National Democratic Revolution, hiding under the cover of legal front organizations and its parliamentary struggle. They succeeded in fooling the people and the government since 1986 until the present government said enough," Parlade said.
Winning war vs. Reds
With the activation of the NTF ELCAC, he said the government now has the means to counter the lies and propaganda being spread by the CPP-NPA.
“Now we have the NTF ELCAC, finally, and we see, on a daily basis, how effective it is in addressing the real causes of poverty and that is insurgency. Of course, a major aspect of the NTF effort is poverty alleviation,” he added.
He said though that part of that effort is to make sure the people are made aware of these revolutionary dual tactics of the CPP and the 'Makabayan bloc.
“They joined the parliamentary struggle so they have no reason not to abandon the armed struggle. Yet they won't denounce this violence of the NPAs. The people have judged you for that during the last election. Now accept that verdict, instead of coming up with alibis of cheating and rigging," he said.
Bitter pill
Parlade said denouncing the CPP-NPA is a bitter pill to swallow because they have been conditioned by decades of propaganda to believe that the masses are strongly supportive of their cause.
"We know it’s going to be a challenge on your part because all these years you believed your own propaganda of the masses supporting you. Well, they don't so deal with that," he added.
Partial and unofficial results from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) transparency server also showed that progressive groups, which consistently obtained high votes in the previous elections, significantly dropped this year compared to 2016.
The progressive groups that are mostly part of the Makabayan Bloc are the following with their corresponding number of votes, as of May 17:
Gabriela – from 1,367,795 votes in 2016 to only 444,635 in 2019;
ACT Teachers – from 1,180,752 votes in 2016 to only 392,674 votes in 2019;
Kabataan – from 300,420 votes in 2016 to only 194,745 votes in 2019; and Anakpawis – from 367,376 votes in 2016 to only 145,771 votes in 2019.
Gabriela, ACT Teachers, and Kabataan also lost voters, except for their ally Bayan Muna whose votes almost doubled in 2019 at 1,107,134 from only 604,566 in the previous polls.
Parlade said Makabayan bloc’s low ratings is also attributed to CPP-NPA founding chair Jose Maria "Joma" Sison’s video disclosing that they are legal front organizations of the CPP-NPA.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1070201
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