Topic: Philippines

Duterte and his cohorts are engaged in political swindling when they stay that federalism is the cure to all the big problems of the Philippines. Whatever is the form of government, the rottenness of the semicolonial and semifeudal ruling system under US imperialism and the local exploiting classes will persist.

Skype Interview with Prof. Jose Maria Sison, Chief Political Consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines and Founding Chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines Episode 36 broadcast on December 29, 2017

“He should allow the GRP (Government of the Republic of the Philippines) and NDFP (National Democratic Front of the Philippines) panels to work out the comprehensive agreements on social, economic and political reforms to lay the basis for a just and lasting peace,” he said.

Peace negotiations with the Communists notably gained unprecedented advances. But what went wrong?

In a statement, NPA spokesperson Ka Oris (Jorge Madlos) said the rebel army’s National Operation Command “unilaterally declares to all commands and units of the NPA and the people’s militia a ceasefire in observance of the Filipino people’s traditional holidays and the Party’s 49th anniversary.

“Duterte and his military officers are urging their troops to attack the people´s army and the communities where it is suspected to be,” Sison said.

“During this period, all NPA units and people’s militias shall cease and desist from carrying out offensive military campaigns and operations against the uniformed armed personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and its paramilitaries, and the Philippine National Police (PNP) of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines,” read the CPP announcement.

…the two negotiating panels were about to make the biggest advance in the peace process by finalizing and initialing the drafts of the general amnesty to release all the political prisoners listed by the NDFP, Part I Agrarian Reform and Rural Development and Part II National Industrialization and Economic Development of the Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (CASER) and the Coordinated Unilateral Ceasefires (as prelude to a bilateral ceasefire agreement)…

The notoriety of Duterte as the No. 1 terrorist and butcher of the Filipino people is already well-established and secure on the basis of the mass murder of more than 14,000 suspected users and pushers of illegal drugs in impoverished communities, the destruction of Marawi and death of many of its citizens and the growing number of assassinations of legal leaders and activists of organizations of workers, peasants, fishermen, youth, women, indigenous people, church people and advocates of human rights and peace.

Despite my expose of the fake news in an interview published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer on December 2, the Duterte troll army persisted in circulating the false story. The fake news generators include: Duterte News Global, President Duterte Loyal Supporters, Duterte Saviors of Filipinos Today, Duterte Para sa Pagbabago, Duterte Media, Ako Ang Media Ni Duterte, Duterte News, PRRD Worldwide, The President Duterte Guardians.