Negrenses and authorities yesterday condemned atrocities perpetrated by the New People’s Army (NPA), whose political wing, the Communist Party of the Philippines, marked its 51st founding anniversary yesterday, with simultaneous indignation rallies held in Negros Occidental towns and cities.
The participants in the rallies spearheaded by the Municipal and City Task Forces To End Local Communist Armed Conflict in Negros Occidental, also slammed other forms of banditry activities of the NPA.
Lt. Col. Ariel Pico, Bacolod City Police Office spokesman, said yesterday that the indignation rallies were held to further enlighten Negrenses about the deceptions of the CPP-NPA, and to condemn the atrocities they had been committing for 51 years.
Former rebels, who spoke during the indignation rally at the Fountain of Justice in front of the City Hall at Araneta Street, Bacolod City, also revealed the modus operandi of the NPA in recruiting new members, killing innocent civilians in the guise of what they claim to be revolutionary justice and their extortion activities.
In marking the 51st CPP founding celebration, the Roselyn Jean Pelle Command of the NPA called for the advancement of what it calls the “People’s War” in the new decade of armed struggle.
Rebel group spokesperson Ka Cecille Estrella said that they were giving the highest salute to all revolutionary martyrs in northern Negros, including former Escalante City Councilor Bernardino “Toto” Patigas, Felipe Dacal-Dacal and peasants massacred in Sagay City, and other victims of state terrorism in Negros Island.
The revolutionary movement will not rest until justice is served to all victims of state fascism, Estrella said. She also claimed that the armed revolutionary movement gained strength through active and determined engagement with the challenges posed by the de facto Martial Law in Negros in 2019.
The Apolinario Gatmaitan and Armando Sumayang Jr. Commands also claimed that the revolutionary movement in Negros is also pushing for the resumption of peace talks between the National Democratic Front and the Philippine government.
The rebel groups also said that they will comply with the 15-day holiday truce in Negros island, but will not let their guards down.
Brig. Gen. Rene Pamuspusan, regional police director of Western Visayas, said yesterday that the NPA is now on defensive mode after violating the 15-day ceasefire agreement, citing the ambush of police troopers in Iloilo by rebels, who used landmines.
“The act of terrorism and violence only shows the weak leadership of the CPP/NDF by not having control over the NPA,” Pamuspusan said.
Capt. Cenon Pancito, 3rd Infantry Divisions spokesperson, said yesterday that the CPP-NPA will not win the war, as they have failed to achieve any strategic victory against the government for more than 50 years of fighting.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2019/December/27/topstory5.htm
The participants in the rallies spearheaded by the Municipal and City Task Forces To End Local Communist Armed Conflict in Negros Occidental, also slammed other forms of banditry activities of the NPA.
Lt. Col. Ariel Pico, Bacolod City Police Office spokesman, said yesterday that the indignation rallies were held to further enlighten Negrenses about the deceptions of the CPP-NPA, and to condemn the atrocities they had been committing for 51 years.
Former rebels, who spoke during the indignation rally at the Fountain of Justice in front of the City Hall at Araneta Street, Bacolod City, also revealed the modus operandi of the NPA in recruiting new members, killing innocent civilians in the guise of what they claim to be revolutionary justice and their extortion activities.
In marking the 51st CPP founding celebration, the Roselyn Jean Pelle Command of the NPA called for the advancement of what it calls the “People’s War” in the new decade of armed struggle.
Rebel group spokesperson Ka Cecille Estrella said that they were giving the highest salute to all revolutionary martyrs in northern Negros, including former Escalante City Councilor Bernardino “Toto” Patigas, Felipe Dacal-Dacal and peasants massacred in Sagay City, and other victims of state terrorism in Negros Island.
The revolutionary movement will not rest until justice is served to all victims of state fascism, Estrella said. She also claimed that the armed revolutionary movement gained strength through active and determined engagement with the challenges posed by the de facto Martial Law in Negros in 2019.
The Apolinario Gatmaitan and Armando Sumayang Jr. Commands also claimed that the revolutionary movement in Negros is also pushing for the resumption of peace talks between the National Democratic Front and the Philippine government.
The rebel groups also said that they will comply with the 15-day holiday truce in Negros island, but will not let their guards down.
Brig. Gen. Rene Pamuspusan, regional police director of Western Visayas, said yesterday that the NPA is now on defensive mode after violating the 15-day ceasefire agreement, citing the ambush of police troopers in Iloilo by rebels, who used landmines.
“The act of terrorism and violence only shows the weak leadership of the CPP/NDF by not having control over the NPA,” Pamuspusan said.
Capt. Cenon Pancito, 3rd Infantry Divisions spokesperson, said yesterday that the CPP-NPA will not win the war, as they have failed to achieve any strategic victory against the government for more than 50 years of fighting.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2019/December/27/topstory5.htm
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