Groups remain relentless in unmasking Reds-linked groups
Groups of
parents and other anti-communist organizations have again vowed to be more
relentless in “unmasking” all legal front organizations of the Communist Party
of the Philippines-New People’s Army and the National Democratic Front
(CPP-NPA-NDF).
Members of
the League of Parents of the Philippines (LPP) or the Liga ng mga Magulang,
Liga Independencia Pilipinas (LIPI), Sulong Maralita, and Yakap ng mga Magulang
Movement, staged a protest rally in front of the Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City
on Wednesday to denounce the deceptive schemes of the militant organizations
that use of “red-tagging” issues to “strategically invite sympathizers.”
LPP
chairperson Remy Rosadio said progressive organizations like Bayan Muna,
Anakpawis, Kabataan, Act Teachers, and Gabriela were only busy overthrowing the
government instead of providing solutions to the long-standing violence and
atrocities of the CPP-NPA-NDF, mostly affecting the countryside.
Rosadio
lamented many youths were still missing while others were found dead in the
mountains, “but never did these progressive organizations have denounced it.”
In a joint
statement, the LPP, LIPI, Sulong Maralita, and Yakap ng mga Magulang Movement,
said they are determined to fight back against the “deceptive schemes” of the
communist front organizations.
“Kasaysayan
na ang nagsabi sa atin na may malawak n ugnayan ang militanteng grupo ng BAYAN
MUNA, ACT, ANAKPAWIS,KABATAAN, GABRIELA, at ilan pang organisasyan sa TERORISTANG
ORGANO NG CPP-NPA-NDF (The history speaks itself about the wide connection of
the militant groups Bayan Muna, Act, Anakpawis, Kabataan, Gabriela and other
organizations to the terrorist CPP-NPA-NDF),” they said, adding that the CPP
Founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison himself has described the crucial roles of
these progressive organizations in pushing communist operations.
The groups
said progressive organizations are only using the “red-tagging” issues to
collect solaces “while moving the underground mass recruitment” to expand their
memberships for the armed revolution.
LIPI
spokesperson Nolan Tiongco said Sison himself has disclosed to the public
everything about their allied sectoral organizations.
Tiongco
said it is enough to say that “red-tagging” is not an issue.
“Nakakalungkot
lang isipin na itong pondo ng gobyerno ay ginagamit ng mga organisasyon na ito
sa recruitment ng mga kabataan at upang palakasin ang kanilang armadong grupo (The
saddening part of this is that these organizations are using the government
funds to recruit the youths and to strengthen their armed groups),” Tiongco
said, pertaining to the incumbent party-lists belonging to the Makabayan bloc.
For a
long-time seating in the government branch, Tiongco said "these party lists
have done nothing but overthrow the government."
Tiongco
said communists, through their legal fronts, have already infiltrated many
sectoral organizations of the society.
During the
rally, the groups also expressed support to several government officials of the
National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) who are
currently facing criminal charges over “red-tagging”—one of them is NTF-ELCAC
spokesperson for sectoral concerns and Presidential Communications
Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy.
Filed
against Badoy were several criminal complaints on alleged red-tagging, and
violation of the Anti-Graft Law and the code of conduct for public officials.
The CPP-NPA
is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union,
the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
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