NDF Negros slams gov’t officials

From the Visayan Daily Star (Dec 23, 2022): NDF Negros slams gov’t officials (By GILBERT P. BAYORAN)

The National Democratic Front – Negros slammed government officials on what it called their “ignorance of the roots of the ongoing civil war, and the plight of Negrosanon masses.”

In a statement, NDF Negros spokesperson Ka Bayani Obrero said that urging rebels to abandon armed struggle following Joma’s death is absurd, as he justified that the revolutionary armed struggle waged by the New People’s Army (NPA) under the leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is necessary.

Obrero added that the call of Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson for “rebels to work towards lasting and genuine peace” is hollow, as he claimed that the true intention of the governor is to get rid of the revolutionary movement that stands against land grabbers and plunderers such as agricultural, logging and mining corporations that destroy farmlands and the environment.

He added that Lacson, along with the big landlords and bureaucrats in Negros, are basically opposed to agrarian revolution which is the main content of the present Philippine revolution and they will benefit greatly once it ceases.

The CPP, founded by Jose Maria Sison, who died in Netherlands on December 16, will mark its 54th founding anniversary on Dec. 26.

The Department of National Defense said that the death of Sison is a symbol of the crumbling hierarchy of the CPP-NPA-NDF, which he founded to violently put himself in power.

His death deprived the Filipino people of the opportunity to bring this fugitive to justice under our country’s laws, the DND statement said.

It added that Sison was responsible for the deaths of thousands of his countrymen, including civilians, soldiers, police, child and youth combatants, for more than five decades.

The CPP leadership, from each Party branch to the central committee, according to Obrero, works as a collective and does not depend on any single leader.

Party cadres and members and all revolutionaries are tested and tempered in the crucible of revolutionary struggle, where they learned and grow in strength, he added.

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