No Amount of Deceit and Violence from the US-Aquino Regime Can Crush the Revolution Espite Pronouncements by the US-Aquino Re- David’S Blatantly Fascist Line

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Editorial No amount of deceit and violence from the US-Aquino regime can crush the revolution espite pronouncements by the US-Aquino re- David’s blatantly fascist line. Deles has unreservedly gime that it is willing to talk peace with the concurred with the Arroyo regime’s line of DDR (disar- D revolutionary forces, it has already laid various mament, demobilization obstacles even before the talks could begin. and reintegration). First among these are Benigno Aquino III’s orders Although this is to the AFP to decimate the revolutionary movement. outrightly inimi- His regime aims to accomplish this by relying mainly cal to peace ne- on the fascist military forces which he plans to ex- gotiations, Deles pand, modernize and equip with more weapons, even argues that equipment and benefits for its officers and men. the DDR line is a To that end, his regime is scrambling to raise hun- doctrine that is dreds of billions of pesos in the face of a crushing def- integral to any icit and an enormous public debt. peace process. In line with their master’s orders, Defense Secre- It is the tary Voltaire Gazmin and AFP Chief of Staff Ricardo OPAPP’s role to David quickly laid out the Aquino regime’s militarist implement the line. David boasted that the AFP is prepared to en- objective of end- force Aquino’s order to destroy the revolutionary ing the armed movement in a matter of three years. Gazmin declared conflict with that the NPA has to surrender its weapons first before emphasis on the peace talks could resume. The declaration is ridiculous use of deception as the revolutionary movement will never lay down its and treachery in tan- arms and it has been repeatedly proven in the past dem with the that all deadlines set by the puppet regime and the fascist vio- AFP to destroy the revolutionary movement have been lence of the nothing but bluster. reactionary Teresita Deles who heads the Office of the Presi- military. De- dential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) espous- les has been es an approach that is little removed from Gazmin and mouthing the

Rights advocates Enemy suffers 20 dead, The PEACe Bonds in This issue’s assail plans to loses 8 firearms to NPA review appoint Etta Rosales highlights... PAGE 5 PAGE 6 to CHR PAGE 4 US-Aquino regime’s so-called “four democrats’ shallow and deceptive ships of two parties at the nation- pillars” to attain peace—economic program for human rights, land real level and focus on the basic is- reconstruction and development, form and the like will be laid out as sues. improvement of basic services, the solution to the people’s basic There is in fact no need for the good governance and security sec- problems and a foil to the national supposed broad consultations and tor reform—which was lifted from democratic program of the revolu- dialogues being concocted by the the new US Counterinsurgency tionary movement. OPAPP. The principles, framework, Guide. In this frame, the peace ne- Deles has schemes to make the basic talking points and their se- gotiations will only be used to trick peace talks appear democratic but quence in the peace negotiations or deceive, not as a venue to dis- they are, in fact, only ways to toy have already been clarified and cuss and address the roots of the with and downplay the importance agreed upon in The Hague Joint conflict. of the process. Before proceeding Declaration of 1992. Deles’ concoc- The formula does not make any with the formal talks, she has an- tion of bogus consultations and di- sense. Any “reform” and cosmetic nounced that the government will alogues is a way to dispense with scheme done along that formula first broaden consultations with previous agreements, mess up the will go nowhere as the entire sys- various sectors in the localities and agenda and gloss over the substan- tem upon which it is based is re- that it is still in the process of tive issues. plete with rottenness and corrup- choosing which areas to focus on. With regard to the the peace tion. Behind all these conciliatory This is nothing but a plot to revive negotiations with the Moro Islamic posturing, the puppet reactionary efforts for “localized peace talks” Liberation Front (MILF), Aquino’s state continues to employ fascist which previous puppet reactionary spokesman and the newly appoint- violence as its main weapon regimes had tried to use to under- ed head of the government panel against the struggling people. mine the talks at the national lev- have declared that they will never With the anticommunist Deles el. agree to the dismemberment of the leading the OPAPP, it is her clique Previous regimes have tried the republic and to any scheme that of pseudo-progressives that will be same scheme. The OPAPP pretends would “violate” the constitution. dominating the government’s con- to consult with a wide range of so- This means that the government duct as regards the peace process. cial sectors but in truth, the gov- will be maintaining the position of Through them, the social demo- ernment is only talking to itself. the US-Arroyo regime against the crats’ pseudo-progressive frame- Such a scheme is only intended to institution of real autonomy for the work will merge with the fascist create confusion. For peace negoti- Bangsamoro. This is at once con- framework of the AFP and other ations to be genuine, they have to trary to the MILF’s foremost de- state security forces. The social be conducted between the leader- mand. The peace talks will again come ANG to naught if the government fools Contents around with it, lays down obstacles, misleads and uses it only to Vol. XLI No. 14 July 21, 2010 Editorial No amount of deceit and violence from the deceive and tie down the revolu- Aquino regime can crush the revolution 1 tionary forces in futile talks while Ang Bayan is published in Pilipino, Fascist state on a rampage the US-Aquino regime steps up its Bisaya, Iloko, Hiligaynon, Waray at No end to political killings 3 attempts to destroy them with a English editions. Panay military officers indicted 3 It is available for downloading at Etta Rosales appointment 4 bigger and stronger AFP. Whatever the Philippine Revolution Web Central Free the Morong 43! 5 scheme the new puppet reactionary located at: Victorious tactical offensives regime resorts to for this objective www.philippinerevolution.net 20 soldiers killed, 10 firearms seized 5 will fail. Ang Bayan welcomes contributions NPA releases POW 5 in the form of articles and news. The PEACe Bonds in review 6 Whether or not peace talks are Readers are likewise enjoined to send Developments overseas held, and however intense the in their comments and suggestions for Volatile situation in Nepal 7 counterrevolutionary offensives of the betterment of our publication. You 26 paramilitary forces killed in India 8 the puppet reactionary regime, the can reach us by email at: Nationwide strike in India 8 [email protected] News 8 revolutionary forces and the people will never be distracted in their Ang Bayan is published fortnightly by the Central Committee pursuit of the revolutionary strug- of the Communist Party of the Philippines gle until total victory. ~ 2 ANG BAYAN July 21, 2010 FASCIST STATE ON A RAMPAGE the afternoon when he was killed. No end to political killings A grandson tried to help him but was also fired upon by the assail- ive members and supporters of progressive groups were slain in the ant. The killer managed to escape first two weeks of Benigno Aquino III's regime. As in the previous with the help of an accomplice on F regime, the perpetrators were masked, motorcycle-riding armed a motorcycle waiting outside the men employed by the reactionary military. victim’s property. July 16. Three days before the funeral of Fernando Baldomero, 61, the first victim of political killing Military officers indicted before people's court under the new regime, his cousin number of high-ranking military officers in Western Visayas in- Zosimo Ingeniero, 57, was gunned volved in the murder of MAKABAYAN-Aklan provincial coordina- down. Ingeniero, a village watch- A tor Fernando Baldomero were indicted before a people's court in man, was found dead near his Panay. Baldomero was also a member of the Lezo town council. In house in Barangay San Ramon, Ma- a statement on June 14, National Democratic Front-Panay spokes- linao, Aklan. Five 9 mm shells were person Concha Araneta said that filing a case before the people's found near his body. He was an ac- court is merely an initial step in the quest to attain justice for Bal- tivist in the 1980s up to the 1990s. domero's death. July 9. Armed men ambushed Baldomero was shot by two bonnet-clad men on July 5 in his and killed Mark B. Francisco, 27, home in Kalibo, Aklan. He was preparing to bring his 12-year old and Edgar Fernandez, 44, both son to school. He was the first activist victim of extrajudicial kill- members of the ACT Teachers Party. ing under Benigno Aquino III's regime. Francisco, a teacher at the San The NDF-Panay has prima facie evidence to file a case against Isidro Elementary School in Pala- Philippine Army 3rd Infantry Division chief Maj. Gen. Vicente Por- nas, Masbate was on his way home to; 301st Infantry Brigade chief Brig. Gen. Gerardo Layug; and ele- along with four colleagues when ments of the Civil Relations Service (CRS) under their commands. the assailants opened fire in Ba- The NDF-Panay said that months before Baldomero was killed, rangay Malibas. His companions he received a letter warning him against continuing his political ac- survived. Fernandez, a teacher at tivities. On March 19, two grenades were lobbed at his ancestral the Roco C. Pahis Sr. Central School home in Lezo. Two weeks before his death, elements of the 3ID-PA in Masbate City was also on his way branded Baldomero a “communist terrorist front personality” and home when unidentified men start- MAKABAYAN a “terrorist front organization” in their “Army Hour ed firing at him. Program.” July 9. Peasant leader Pascual Such public accusations are the equivalent of ordering all state Guevarra, 78, was shot at close agents to kill the target activists, said the NDF-Panay. It said that range. He was the president of the CRS elements were also accountable for launching an anti-Baldome- Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries As- ro program. sociation in Laur, Nueva Ecija and These actions by the 3ID and 301st Bde-PA are big indications one of the most senior leaders of that the military planned Baldomero's killing. They further incrimi- the Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid na nated themselves when the AFP spokesperson spewed the menda- Nagkakaisa 3100 (Alamana), which cious line that the crime was allegedly the result of a purge among is affiliated with the Alyansa ng the revolutionary forces. Araneta said that no one believes this lie mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson by the military. The public and even the reactionary military and and the Kilusang Magbubukid ng police know that it was intelligence agents and their minions who Pilipinas. Members of Alamana are killed Baldomero. The military's hands are dripping with blood, add- struggling to reclaim 3,100 hec- ed the NDF-Panay. tares of land in Laur which lies Revolutionary authorities continue to gather evidence concern- within the Fort Magsaysay Military ing the crime and the people's court will issue an arrest warrant as Reservation. Guevarra was cooking soon as the requisites are completed. ~ dinner in his residence in Barangay San Isidro, Laur at around 4:45 in ANG BAYAN July 21, 2010 3 FASCIST STATE ON A RAMPAGE July 9. An unidentified assailant ambushed Miguel uniforms ambushed Dexter Legaspi, 36, a teacher and Belen, a reporter for dwEB-FM of the Filipinas Broad- member of ACT Teachers Party in Masbate City. Legas- casting Network in Nabua, Camarines Sur while he was pi and his wife were aboard a tricycle when they were on his way home to Barangay San Jose Pagaraon. Be- ambushed but they survived the attack. len sustained gunshot wounds in his neck and body June 27. Peasant activist Fernando Bejino, 45, and is now in critical condition at a hospital in Iriga was gunned down in Siaton, Negros Oriental. An agent City. of the 79th had been identified as a suspect, accord- July 6. Five men donning ski masks and military ing to KARAPATAN-Central Visayas. ~

cist violence under the Marcos regime. Led by the organization SEL- Human rights groups assail DA (Samahan ng mga ex-Detainee Laban sa Detensyon at para sa Am- plan to appoint Etta Rosales nestiya), close to 10,000 martial law victims filed a class suit with a to CHR Hawaii court in 1986 to demand damages from the Marcoses. The uman rights groups are vehemently opposing the imminent ap- court ruled after six years in favor pointment of Loretta Ann Rosales as chair of the Commission on of the victims and ordered the pay- H Human Rights (CHR). Rosales is a member of the pseudo-progres- ment of $2 billion in damages to be sive Akbayan party and served as its representative in Congress in 1998- coursed through SELDA. 2007. In 1993, the Ramos regime, Appointing Rosales will be a It is this tack that Rosales took through the Presidential Commis- huge insult and is completely un- throughout the nine-year killing sion on Good Government (PCGG), acceptable to the families of vic- spree of the US-Arroyo regime. entered into a compromise agree- tims, to human rights advocates In chorus with the AFP, Rosales ment with the Marcoses for a shar- and even employees of the CHR. vilifies the CPP and the NPA espe- ing scheme where the government Rosales is known for her contempt cially during elections. She spear- would get control of 75% (and use for victims of grave human headed investigations into a big portion of it) instead of di- rights violations and their so-called extortion activi- rectly awarding it to the victims, families. In the past ties of the NPA against and the Marcoses would retain years, she has repeated- candidates through the al- 25%. Amid all this, a number of ly branded as fronts of leged collection of personalities like Rosales and the the Communist Party of fees for permits to opportunist renegade Ramon Casi- the Philippines and campaign, ple formed a rival group called New People’s Army the among others. Claimants 1081 to cash in on SEL- progressive organiza- Rosales even blew DA's victory and that of the 10,000 tions where most of the her perceived im- victims it represents. Claimants victims belong. Rosales portance out of pro- 1081 concurred with the proposal is not oblivious to the portion when she to course the indemnity through fact that this is the claimed that she was be- the reactionary government, and to same justification in- ing targeted for liquida- the compromise agreement be- voked by the AFP's tion by the NPA, making tween the government and the butchers to attack, herself a laughing stock Marcoses. murder and torture among comrades. SELDA said Rosales' looming activists and ci- One of the main bases appointment is despicable due to vilians tagged as of opposition to Rosales’ her actions that divided the ranks supporters, if not appointment is her sabo- of the victims of human rights vio- outright members, tage of efforts to ob- lations and her having entered in- of the armed revo- tain indemnification to a compromise with the Marcos- lutionary movement. for the victims of fas- es. ~ 4 ANG BAYAN July 21, 2010 Release the VICTORIOUS NPA OFFENSIVES Morong 43! Enemy suffers 20 dead, loses elease the Morong 43! RThis was the message of 8 firearms to NPA an open letter from Civicus: t least 20 soldiers were killed and 20 were wounded in tactical of- World Alliance for Concern fensives by the New People's Army (NPA) in various parts of the Participation to the new ad- archipelago from May to July. Among the firearms seized by the ministration of Benigno Aqui- A guerrillas were a machine gun and five M203 grenade launchers. no III. The Morong 43 were arrested while conducting a July 16. Sr. Insp. Alfonso Der- medical training in Morong, raco, police chief of Benito Soliven Rizal in February based on the town in Isabela was killed and five allegation that they are mem- others were wounded in an NPA bers of the New People’s Ar- ambush in Barangay Danipa of the my. Civicus is a South Africa- same town. Aside from the police- based international alliance men, a sergeant assigned to the of civic organizations. Military Intelligence Battalion Civicus called on Aquino (MIB) was also among those seri- to demonstrate to the fami- ously wounded. The policemen lies of victims of human were responding to reports that the rights violations his regard NPA had burned down a tractor for the rule of law and to owned by a despotic landlord in show that such abuses have Barangay Villa Luz when they were no place in the “new Philip- ambushed. pines.” It urged Aquino to in- July 9. The NPA wiped out a vestigate the conduct of the seven-man strike force under the Armed Forces of the Philip- 52nd Division Reconnaissance seized four M203s, an M14, an M4 pines (AFP) in the arrest, de- Company (DRC) in an ambush in carbine and other military equip- tention and interrogation of Sitio Chawer, Samoki, Bontoc, ment. Among those killed was the the Morong 43. Mountain Province. The guerrillas strike force commander 1Lt. Lito Civicus also called on Aquino to put an end to human rights violations by pur- NPA releases POW suing the perpetrators of tor- he New People's Army (NPA) released on humanitarian grounds ture and other abuses in ac- Sgt. Bienvenido Arguelles Jr. of the 25th IB in a remote area in cordance with Philippine laws T Monkayo, Compostela Valley on July 20. Arguelles was turned over and international humanitar- to the custody of the Monkayo parish priest and local officials.He ian law. was reunited with his family just a few hours after his release. The Morong 43 include A CAFGU element who was a minor had earlier been released. two doctors, a nurse and Arguelles was arrested at a checkpoint set up by the NPA on health workers. Two of the June 19 in Sitio Mabatas, Barangay Upper Ulip, Mt. Diwalwal in detainees are due to give Monkayo. birth in detention at Camp Arguelles' arrest serves as a warning to military and police ele- Bagong Diwa—Carina Olive- ments who operate within guerrilla bases, especially those who spy ros, 26, in July and Mercy on Red fighters and the masses, said Rigoberto Sanchez, spokesper- Castro, 27, in October. Many son of the NPA Merardo Arce Command of Southern Mindanao Re- local and international groups gion. He said this should be a warning to those who protect foreign have demanded the immedi- and local enterprises engaged in large-scale operations that exploit ate release of the pregnant the masses and destroy the environment. ~ detainees. ~

ANG BAYAN July 21, 2010 5 Punio. There were no casualties on the NPA side. The PEACe Bonds in review The fascist unit was waylaid near the 501st Brigade tactical o amount of self-absolution by the officials of the previous US- command post in Barangay Talu- Arroyo regime can cover up their involvement in anomalous ac- bin, where the soldiers had just N tivities. come from. They were in Barangay Among the former Arroyo offi- retary Jose Camacho. Samoki to reinforce other 5th ID cials with the biggest accountabil- In October 2001, the Bureau troops conducting military opera- ities are Corazon “Dinky” Soliman, of Treasury issued PEACe Bonds tions against the NPA. who was reappointed by Pres. Be- worth more than `35 billion To cover up their shameful de- nigno Aquino III as DSWD Secre- (`10.17 billion in principal and feat, the military claimed that the tary, and Teresita Deles, who has `25 billion in interest payable up- ambushed soldiers were on their been reinstated as Presidential on maturity after ten years). The way to a medical mission. Adviser on the Peace Process. bidding was rigged to enable fel- July 9. Eight elements of the Both were involved in the sale of low conspirator Rizal Commercial Marines Battalion Landing Team 8 the PEACe Bonds and the ques- Banking Corporation (MBLT8), including an officer were tionable ways by which the pro- (RCBC) to monopo- wounded when NPA Red fighters ceeds were spent. Bonds are lize the purchase. detonated a bomb on the truck instruments that enable RCBC was then they were riding in Sitio Itiabiak, governments to borrow the conduit Barangay Agutaya, San Vicente, from the public or for Code NGO's Palawan. The ambushed troop was from various banks scheme. The part of the MBLT8's Special Opera- and institutions. Like rigging was tions Platoon. Second Lieutenant other debts, they are done by con- Willy Pait and his seven wounded paid with interest up- cealing the is- men were brought to the Western on maturity. suance of the Command hospital in Puerto Prin- The idea of issuing bonds from oth- cesa City. the PEACe (Poverty er banks and June 23. Two soldiers were Eradication and Allevi- bidders until the killed and two others were wound- ation Certificate) final week. ed after three gunbattles between Bonds was Out of a to- the NPA and the military that were pushed by tal `10 bil- fought in pitch darkness in Baran- Code NGO lion worth gay Poponton, Las Navas, North- (Caucus of of bonds ern Samar. Develop- sold, Code May 31. Red fighters seized a ment NGOs) NGO reaped K3 light machine gun and an under Soli- up to `1.48 M203 grenade launcher after they man and billion or al- ambushed soldiers along the Deles. Code most 15% in boundary of Barangays GM Osias NGO claims commissions and Bangon in Gamay, Northern that the bonds while RCBC Samar. Seven soldiers of the AFP were floated to raise earned `200 million and three others were wounded in funds for their antipoverty proj- and another `100 million went to this ambush. A Red fighter was ects. two persons who brokered the martyred. Code NGO is an alliance of bo- deal. They also let the Bureau of May 3. Three AFP troopers gus NGOs run by cronies and close Internal Revenue in on the deal to were killed and two others were friends of Gloria Arroyo who are make the earnings from the PEACe wounded in an encounter with now with the Aquino camp and Bonds tax-exempt. NPA guerrillas along the boundary administration. Not only are Soli- When the Senate called their of Barangay Nagbubtac in Palapag man and her husband Hector in- attention to the anomalous trans- town and Barangay Lanubi ni Lao- volved in it. They lead it, along action, Code NGO officials insisted ang town, both in Northern Sam- with Deles and Marissa Camacho- that they were left with only 10% ar. ~ Reyes, sister of then finance sec- from the proceeds of the PEACe 6 ANG BAYAN July 21, 2010 Bonds' sale, which they said was DEVELOPMENTS OVERSEAS used for operational expenses. The remaining 90% or `1.318 billion was channeled to the Peace Equi- ty Access for Community Empow- Volatile situation in Nepal erment Foundation (PEF). It was through the PEF that projects in epali prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal resigned from his post line with the Arroyo regime's an- on June 30 due to demands from Maoist oppositionists within tipoverty program were allegedly N parliament and massive street protests. implemented. But it was revealed Kumar Nepal was installed by after, the Nepali people also in the Senate hearings that the the revisionist Communist Party of launched a general strike that par- Soliman couple was behind the Nepal-United Marxist Leninist alyzed the entire country for a PEF. (UML) and the conservative Nepa- week. Riot police tried but failed Where did the money go? Soli- li Congress Party (NC) after Maoist to suppress the strike due to the man says she is still asking this prime minister Pushpa Kamal Da- people's militancy. same question from those who hal's resignation in May 2009. In an effort to achieve a con- took charge of Code NGO after she Dahal was compelled to resign sensus and speed up the process “left.” She gives the lame excuse when the country's UML-affiliated of the CPN-M's return to power, that the money was used for pro- president countermanded his deci- the party called for talks with the people projects such as potable sion to fire the army chief, Gen. NC and UML. But the two parties water systems and micro-financ- Rookmangud Katawal for refusing imposed new conditions on the ing. But there is no proof that the to comply with his instructions to integration of the old and revolu- proceeds from the PEACe Bonds respect the supremacy of the civil- tionary armies in their latest talks were indeed used for such projects ian government, refrain from re- on July 11. Aside from a new in- or were otherwise beneficial to cruiting new soldiers into the old ventory of Red army forces and a the people. army inherited from the ousted new selection process, the NC and An even bigger problem lies in king and accelerate the integra- UML demanded the abolition of the fact that the government is tion of the Red army and the old the Young Communist League obliged to fork out `35 billion army in accordance with the pro- which serves as the CPN-M's para- once the bonds mature in 2011. visions of the ceasefire agreement military arm and the restoration of Not only did the people gain and guidelines on setting up the all properties confiscated by the nothing from Code NGO and the new government. CPN-M and Red army from the rul- Arroyo regime's bogus projects, After more than a year in pow- ing classes and enemy elements in they now bear the burden of hav- er, Kumar Nepal failed to consoli- ten years of people's war. The NC ing to pay off the money earned date Nepal's peace process and and UML said that for as long as by these fake NGOs from the sale draft a new constitution, one of the CPN-M does not become a ci- of the PEACe Bonds. the requisites of forming the new vilian party and restore all confis- Soliman's bigger responsibility government. The NC and the UML cated property, the two parties as former DSWD secretary under blame the CPN-M for the country's will never allow it to resume pow- the Arroyo regime lies in account- inability to move forward in draft- er even if has the majority repre- ing for the `8 billion in proceeds ing a new constitution, but it is sentation in parliament. from the PEACe Bonds that were the two parties that have in fact In a bid to propel the process, supposedly used for antipoverty been blocking fundamental re- the CPN-M agreed to these condi- projects of the Arroyo govern- forms and imposing many new tions and adopt a three-month ment. No one knows who gained conditions on the CPN-M in the timetable for their implementa- from these funds and what proj- process of forming a new charter. tion. ects or which agencies or local On April 30, up to 125,000 The political situation in Nepal government units became the people led by the CPN-M rallied in remains volatile, with no prime end-users of these monies. No one Kathmandu to demand the resig- minister having been chosen yet from Code NGO admits to anything nation of the prime minister and to replace Kumar Nepal. Parlia- and Soliman has done nothing but his government to give the major- ment is set to meet again on July deny that she had anything to do ity CPN-M the right to lead a gov- 21 in a renewed attempt to elect with all this. ~ ernment of national unity. The day a new prime minister. ~ ANG BAYAN July 21, 2010 7 NEWS

Youth launch National Day Drivers launch protest caravan of Action for Education MEMBERS of Pinagkaisang Samahan and the removal of the value-add- ng mga Tsuper at Operators Nation- ed tax on petroleum products. YOUTH and students launched a wide (PISTON) launched a protest Third is the review of anomalous successful mass action on July 16 caravan from Quezon City to Men- projects of the Land Transportation to raise their sector's grievances diola in Manila on July 15 as part Office (LTO) and Stradcom Corp. before the newly installed Aquino of the buildup for the upcoming such as the suspended Radio Fre- regime. State of the Nation Address of Be- quency Identification Device More than a thousand students nigno Aquino III. (RFID) scheme. Fourth is punish- from various universities, colleges The mass action aimed to raise ment for Gloria Arroyo for her in- and high schools aside from out of the transportation sector's de- volvement in grave corruption dur- school youth joined the mass ac- mands before Aquino, said PISTON. ing her nine years in power. tion. The National Day of Action for Its main demand is the junking of PISTON said Aquino must ad- Education was led by progressive the oil deregulation law which is dress all these demands to avoid youth organizations. The partici- one of the motorists' biggest woes. damaging his image and being re- pants marched from the University Second is the cancellation of toll pudiated by drivers and the broad of Sto. Tomas in España, Manila to- fees at the South Luzon Expressway masses. wards Mendiola. Filipino-American youth activists also joined the 26 Indian paramilitary elements die in ambush demonstration. Similar protest actions were TWENTY-SIX paramilitary elements were killed and two others were likewise held in the cities of Ange- wounded in an ambush by revolutionary forces in Chhattisgarh, India on les and Cebu by youth who picket- June 29. ed the regional offices of the Com- The casualties were elements of the Central Reserve Police Force who mission on Higher Education in were on their way back from a clearing operation. The targets, who were their respective areas. March-rallies on foot were attacked by Maoist forces upon reaching Dhodai, which is were also held inside the regional 300 kilometers away from Chhattisgarh's capital Dhodai. The firefight campuses of the University of the stretched for three hours, with the enemy unable to escape until the ar- Philippines in the cities of Iloilo, rival of reinforcements. Tacloban and Davao. The youth and students' main India rocked by nationwide strike demand is for government to pro- A nationwide strike called to pro- eled intense anger among the Indi- vide a sufficient budget for educa- test a government decision to an people. For instance, the price tion. The United Nations Educa- withdraw oil price subsidies rocked of kerosene which is used by mil- tional, Scientific and Cultural Or- India on July 5. The subsidies were lions of impoverished Indians rose ganization has set 6% of the Gross withdrawn in an effort to alleviate by 33% or 3 rupees per liter. Gaso- Domestic Product as the standard India's growing budgetary deficit. line prices rose by 6.7% or 3.5 ru- for education budgets worldwide. The strike was led by the opposi- pees per liter while that of lique- The protesters also demanded tion Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), fied petroleum gas shot up by 35 that Aquino put a stop to succes- the Communist Party of India-Mao- rupees per cylinder. The inflation sive hikes in tuition and other ist (CPI-M) and the Communist Par- rate has also grown by more than school fees. They likewise called ty of India (CPI). 12% since oil prices were deregu- for the abrogation of anti-student India is expected to suffer a lated. policies such as those outlined in budget deficit equivalent to up to Most affected by the 12-hour the Education Act of 1982 and the 5.5% of its Gross Domestic Product strike were the opposition-led Campus Journalism Act of 1991, for 2010-2011. states of Bihar, Punjab, Karnataka, the recognition of the rights of The removal of the subsidies, West Bengal, Kerala, Andhra Pra- teachers and school employees and which caused the prices not only of desh, Rajahmundhry, Orissa, Mad- the advancement of autonomy for petroleum products but of other hya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Har- student councils and publications. commodities to skyrocket has fu- yana.

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