CPP/Cagayan Valley ROC: Tubngaren ken supiaten ti gandat a Balikatan sadiay Mavulis Islands

Propaganda statement posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC) Website (Feb 6, 2024): Tubngaren ken supiaten ti gandat a Balikatan sadiay Mavulis Islands (Condemn and oppose the Balikatan attempt in the Mavulis Islands)

 


Guillermo Alcala

Spokesperson

Cagayan Valley Regional Operational Command (Fortunato Camus Command)

New People's Army

February 06, 2024

Agdadata a panangibaddek iti nailian a soberanya ken lalo a panangparangguyod iti Pilipinas iti gerra ti nagbaetan ti imperyalismo a US ken China iti nabiit a panagsarungkar da Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) Commander Lt. Gen. Fernyl Buca idiay pinakamurdong nga isla ti Batanes idi Enero 30 tapno inspeksyunen dagiti naval detachment sadiay para iti “kadakkelan a Balikatan” a laokan ti AFP ken rinib-ribu a soldado nga Amerikano.

Saan latta a mapagpaggang ken mangikaskaso ti rehimen US-Marcos iti panangballaag ti China a “saan nga agay-ayam ti apoy” ken isardeng ti show of force iti ar-aramiden na a joint-exercises aramat dagiti fighter jet ken tropa ti US. Ti mapasamak a Balikatan exercises idiay Basco ken Mavulis Islands a 140 kilometro laeng manipud iti abagatan a Taiwan ket nalawag a probokasyon iti China ken panangdurog ti US iti Taiwan a sumina iti China, maikaniwas iti “one China policy.”

Iti masansan a panangirussuat iti Joint US-PH Balikatan Exercise iti amianan a Luzon nangruna iti Cagayan ket awan sabali a panggep nu di ket kariten ken iprobokar ti China. Adda sadiay West Philippine Sea (WPS) ti pagriririan a teritoryo a rumbeng a depensaran ken salakniban ti estado ngem ditoy met amianan ti pangigabsuonan da ti pwersa. Iti kinapudno na, kasilpo daytoy iti umir-irteng a kontrol ti US iti Pilipinas ken panangaramat iti pagilian kas pagrubuatan kadagiti irusrussuat na nga operasyon militar iti naduma-duma a paset iti Indo-Pacific, kasta met a panangirupir iti hegemonya na iti Asia-Pacific tapno palawlawan ti China segun iti “panagbaw-ing iti Asia.”

Agparparikut dagiti residente ken mangngalap idiay Palawan gapu iti kumarkaro a kinaagresibo ti China a pakpakaroen ti panangprobokar ti US ken AFP. Saan nga adayo a mapasamak ti kapada nga insidente kadagiti agnanaed ken mangngalap iti Batanes ken Cagayan. Dakkel a pangta ken buribor iti pagbiagan dagiti Cagayano ti mapasamak a Balikatan. Sagsagrapen da la ngaruden ita ti nakiddit a makalapan gapu iti El Niño ken off-shore mining, nakarkaro manen a maawanan da ti pagsapulan nu usaren manen dagiti baybay para kadagiti amphibious exercises ken show of force kadagiti kanyon, tangke ken war ship, kas iti inaramid iti naglabas idiay Claveria, Aparri, Calayan Island ken Sta. Ana, Cagayan.

Ngem malagip nga idi Balikatan 2022 ket saan a pinalubusan ni Gov. Manuel Mamba nga ag-live firing dagiti tropa ti US ken AFP ta mabalin a kunaen ti China a “panangkarit” kanyana ti live firing. Kasta met a salsaluadan ni Mamba dagiti negosyante ken investor a Chinese idiay Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) ken iti intero nga amianan a daya iti Cagayan. Kasta met nga inyuman idi dagiti residente ken mannalon ti panagamak da kadagiti exhibition ti F21 fighter jet nangruna ta nagsasaruno ti padas da iti awan an-anawa a panagbomba manipud iti tangatang. Malagip nga idi Abril 2023 a manarimaan ti Balikatan idiay “EDCA sites” ti Lal-lo ken Sta. Ana ket nangibulos da ti kanyon a nagdissu iti kabambantayan ti Sta Teresita.

Ita ken iti kaanuman, rumbeng a naan-anay ken militante a supiaten ken tubngaren dagiti umili ti Cagayan Valley ti Balikatan exercise, ken labanan ti pannakibiang ken interbensyon militar ti US iti pagilian. Rumbeng a naalibtak a sarangeten dagitoy a gandat sakbay pay a mairareb iti gayong-gayong ken maiparangguyod iti alipugpog kadagiti gerra nga idurduron ti US. Kasta met nga ibutaktak ti kagagalad ti AFP kas adigi ken gamat iti dominasyon ti US iti Pilipinas. Aginggana’t pagbalbalinen a sadiri ti US ti pagilian, mapapaidaman ti Pilipinas a tumakder iti bukod ken agipatungpal iti nawaya a patakaran nu kasano a makilangen kadagiti dadduma a pagilian.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

Condemn and oppose the Balikatan attempt in the Mavulis Islands

The recent visit of Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) Commander Lt. Col. Gen. Fernyl Buca on the tip of Batanes island on Jan. 30 to inspect naval detachments there for the “biggest Balikatan” mixed with the AFP and thousands of American troops.

The US-Marcos regime is still unmoved and is ignoring China’s warning to “not play with fire” and stop the show of force in its ongoing joint-exercises using US fighter jets and troops. The upcoming Balikatan exercises in the Basco and Mavulis Islands just 140 kilometers south of Taiwan are a clear provocation to China and a US push for Taiwan to secede from China, contrary to the “one China policy.”

The frequent launching of Joint US-PH Balikatan Exercises in northern Luzon especially in Cagayan has no other purpose but to challenge and provoke China. The West Philippine Sea (WPS) is the disputed territory that the state should defend and protect but it is also here in the north that they are deploying forces. In fact, this is linked to the US’s growing control over the Philippines and using the country as a starting point for its military operations in various parts of the Indo-Pacific, as well as asserting its hegemony in the Asia-Pacific to surround China according to the “turning to Asia.”

Residents and fishermen in Palawan are struggling with China’s increasing aggression exacerbated by US and AFP provocations. Similar incidents are not far off among residents and fishermen in Batanes and Cagayan. The upcoming Balikatan is a major threat and worry to the livelihood of Cagayanos. They are now suffering from limited catches due to El Niño and off-shore mining, they will lose even more jobs if they reuse the seas for amphibious exercises and show of force with cannons, tanks and war ships, as they did in the past in Claveria, Aparri, Calayan Island and Sta. Ana, Cagayan.

But it is recalled that in Balikatan 2022, Gov. Manuel Mamba that US and AFP troops will fire live because China may say that live firing is a “challenge” to it. Mamba is also protecting Chinese businessmen and investors in the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) and throughout the northeast in Cagayan. Residents and farmers had also expressed their fears about the F21 fighter jet exhibitions especially as they had experienced a series of reckless aerial bombings. It is recalled that in April 2023, the Balikatan was underway at the “EDCA sites” of Lal-lo and Sta. Ana and they released a cannon that landed in the mountains of Sta Teresita.

Now and never, the people of the Cagayan Valley should fully and militantly oppose and condemn the Balikatan exercise, and fight the US military intervention and intervention in the country. These attempts should be quickly confronted before they are even dragged into the slingshot and dragged into the whirlwind of US-led wars. It also exposes the character of the AFP as a pillar and claw of US domination in the Philippines. Until the US makes the country a sadiri, the Philippines will be deprived of standing on its own and implementing a free policy on how to deal with other countries.

https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/tubngaren-ken-supiaten-ti-gandat-a-balikatan-sadiay-mavulis-islands/