Topic: emergency

the regime is quick to take advantage of the pandemic to grab more powers and more public money for its discretionary use

The de facto fascist dictatorship is “legally” based on the persistence of Proclamation No. 55 declaring a state of national emergency and Executive Order No. 70 aimed at militarizing government and society and making them fascist.

They are misrepresenting the broad coalition against tyranny as a mere conspiracy for them to suppress with state terrorism.

If Duterte doesn’t get what he wants with federalism and charter change, he would proclaim a state of emergency and martial law and make the CPP-NPA as scapegoats. That’s why he needs to sabotage the peace negotiations. With martial law, cha-cha would be easy to railroad. And with cha-cha, repressive rule, economic plunder and unbridled corruption, like during Marcos’ dictatorship, would be the norm for his family, corrupt officials, big business, and the Marcoses.

In the Forum on Peace Under Siege, I made a critical review of the behavior of Duterte in relation to the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations. And I deplored among other things his failure to fulfill his promise to amnesty and release all political prisoners and his repeated whimsical termination of the negotiations as many as three times.

By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee International League of Peoples’ Struggle 6 November 2007 The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) condemns the declaration of…