The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denied that the organization keeps a "hit list," contrary to National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr.'s claim earlier this week.
In a statement released on Friday, the CPP said that Esperon's allegation was just a ploy to "sabotage the planned resumption of formal peace talks" between its political wing, the National Democratic Front, and the government.
"Together with fellow peace antagonists Delfin Lorenzana of the Department of National Defense and DILG's Eduardo Año, Esperon is adamant in adhering to GRP President Rodrigo Duterte's statement to resume the peace negotiations with the NDFP," the CPP said.
President Rodrigo Duterte halted the peace negotiations with the communist rebels in November 2017 as he lamented the alleged continued attacks of the Reds against state forces and civilians.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, the government’s chief negotiator with communist rebels, visited the Netherlands earlier this month—at the President's order—to speak with CPP founder Joma Sison, NDF senior adviser Luis Jalandoni, and NDF chief negotiator Fidel Agcaoili.
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CPP belies Esperon claim of reduced NPA force
On Tuesday, Esperon bared that the Reds supposedly has a "hit list" including him, President Rodrigo Duterte, and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año.
The CPP, on the other hand, turned the table on the state security forces for allegedly keeping track of militant leaders.
"It is in fact the AFP and PNP who keep in their infamous 'orders of battle' names of activists, progressives and other individuals supportive of the people's struggles for democratic rights," the statement read.
"It is the regime's death squads in the military and police who have killed close to 300 peasants, workers, indigenous peoples, human rights workers, journalists, lawyers and other democratic forces in the last three years," it continued.
The communist group also condemned the killing of father-and-son farmers Paterno Casos Sr. and Dino in Compostela Valley last week.
It alleged that Esperon, a former Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, has extended a "vicious campaign of murder" now that he is the Duterte administration's national security adviser.
"While the NPA keeps no 'hit list' supposedly with Esperon's name in it, the people will not fail to remember his many crimes and may seek justice with their revolutionary army," the CPP said. — MDM, GMA News
CPP belies Esperon claim of reduced NPA force
On Tuesday, Esperon bared that the Reds supposedly has a "hit list" including him, President Rodrigo Duterte, and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año.
The CPP, on the other hand, turned the table on the state security forces for allegedly keeping track of militant leaders.
"It is in fact the AFP and PNP who keep in their infamous 'orders of battle' names of activists, progressives and other individuals supportive of the people's struggles for democratic rights," the statement read.
"It is the regime's death squads in the military and police who have killed close to 300 peasants, workers, indigenous peoples, human rights workers, journalists, lawyers and other democratic forces in the last three years," it continued.
The communist group also condemned the killing of father-and-son farmers Paterno Casos Sr. and Dino in Compostela Valley last week.
It alleged that Esperon, a former Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, has extended a "vicious campaign of murder" now that he is the Duterte administration's national security adviser.
"While the NPA keeps no 'hit list' supposedly with Esperon's name in it, the people will not fail to remember his many crimes and may seek justice with their revolutionary army," the CPP said. — MDM, GMA News
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