Pahayagan ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas ANG Pinapatnubayan ng Marxismo-Leninismo-Maoismo Vol XLVII No. 2 January 21, 2016 www.philippinerevolution.net Editorial Further arouse the people's rage against the US-Aquino regime hile all the reactionary parties and candidates are busy contributions. He is also biased for prettifying themselves and the 2016 election campaign is the bureaucrat capitalists who Wwell underway, the Aquino regime continues to relentlessly plunder the SSS funds for their carry out anti-national and anti-people measures. highliving and investments. The people are enraged at the current Last January 12, the Supreme These dockings show how the head of the SSS who was exposed Court dismissed petitions by sever- Philippines, will be transformed for his frequent first-class travels al patriotic personalities and or- into a large US military base under abroad. In 2014, SSS officials gave ganizations against the Enhanced EDCA. Currently, no less than eight themselves a million-peso bonuses. Defense Cooperation Agreement camps are set to be used by the US. These most recent measures of (EDCA). The EDCA is an agreement On the very same day, Aquino the Aquino regime—the unpatriotic the Aquino government entered vetoed the bill set to increase the ratification of EDCA and the anti- into with the US government last monthly Social Security System people veto of the additional SSS 2014 which authorized the US mil- (SSS) pension by P2,000. In doing pension—are the hallmarks of his itary to establish military bases so, Aquino denied the retirees' much-touted "straight path" that is and facilities within the Armed demand for additional pension. nothing but upholding US hegemony Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) Aquino bared his loyalty to the and compliance with neoliberal military camps and facilities. neoliberal policy and principle of policies imposed by the Interna- Officials of the Aquino regime cutting pension subsidies and so- tional Monetary Fund and foreign and the US government have long cial services. Pensioners and other big capitalists. been cooking up this Supreme sectors denounced Aquino for be- These measures further enrage Court decision. On the same day, ing "heartless." the people. These add to the Defense Sec. Voltaire Gazmin and He showed bias towards the people's outrage over the Aquino Foreign Affairs Sec. Albert del Ros- interests of delinquent capitalists regime's corruption in the pork ario, two of the most rabid US pup- who fail to remit their workers' SSS pets of the Aquino regime were in Washington, to discuss the EDCA "implementing rules" or details with US government officials. Also on January 12, the nuclear submarine USS Topeka docked at Subic Bay, a former US naval base which it wants to reutilize under EDCA. This is the third nuclear submarine docking at Subic in a span of a few days after the USS Tucson and USS Texas. barrel, DAP and PPP, criminal They must untiringly arouse, or- US speeds up neglect of millions of victims of ganize and mobilize the people in Yolanda, Pablo and other storms their millions. They should ad- military bases and calamities, violations of hu- vance the struggle to junk EDCA construction man rights under the brutal Oplan and other lopsided agreements Bayanihan war, demolitions, re- and oppose US military presence fusal to raise wages, opposition to and intervention in the Philippines. ON JANUARY 12, the Supreme policies for national industrializa- They should advance the struggle Court upheld the Enhanced Defense tion, opposition to land reform for SSS pension increase, wage Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) and the distribution of Hacienda and salary increases, job security when it junked appeals filed by Luisita, and numerous other and other measures that are some patriotic personalities and crimes and offenses against the beneficial to the people's welfare. organizations demanding its ab- people. The people should be given the rogation. The people's rage against opportunity to express their fierce By voting 10-4-1, the court Aquino and their desire to put an loathing of Aquino. The national ruled against the petition which end to his rule are inexorable. democratic forces must continu- stated that the EDCA is a treaty Amid the elections, the ously expose and reject the Aquino which the senate should first ratify people's intense hatred of these regime and demand his culpability. in accordance to the provisions of measures are directed against They must continue to encourage the 1987 constitution. The court did Aquino's chosen candidates. They the Filipino people to participate not address the substantive issue of also denounce other candidates in various kinds of collective ac- the reestablishment of US military who do not firmly support the de- tion to express their rage and bases which goes against the sov- mand for additional SSS pension protest. ereign provisions of the said con- and those who favor the EDCA or Efforts should be exerted stitution. do not clearly state their relentlessly to enlighten the Through its decision, the Su- opposition. people that with or without elec- preme Court bared itself as an in- The national democratic tions, they hold the power to make strument of the puppet reactionary forces must further arouse the Aquino pay for his big crimes state subservient to US imperialism. people's wrath against Aquino. against the people. As expected, the AFP is set to speed up the construction of facilities for US use. Under EDCA, the US milit- ANG Contents ary will be allowed to use various facilities in so-called “agreed loca- tions” inside AFP camps. The US is Editorial: Further arouse the people's set to use these facilities to land its Vol XLVII No 2 | January 21, 2016 rage against the US-Aquino regime 1 jetfighters, dock its submarines and Ang Bayan is US speeds up bases construction 2 warships, store its military supplies published in and materiel and for rest and re- Protests against EDCA 3 Pilipino, Bisaya, creation purposes for its troops and Hiligaynon, Aquino vetoes pension increase 4 contracted security forces. Waray and Road now open for election fraud 4 The Philippines will be em- English. broiled in any war the US is set to NPA-EV launches offensives 5 It can be downloaded from the instigate or participate in, even Philippine Revolution Web Central at Journalists condemn killings, harassments 5 without its assent. It has trans- www.philippinerevolution.net Eduardo Serrano: revolutionary leader 6 formed the Philippines into a target for retaliatory strikes from its en- Paramilitary murders Lumad student 7 Ang Bayan welcomes emies. As a result, it has affirmed 7 contributions in the form of articles Stock market nosedives the previously held status of the country as US stooge in the inter- and news items. Readers are Aquino criticized for coal-fired plant 8 encouraged to send feedback and national community. Doctors' strike in England 8 recommendations for improving our Aquino signed the EDCA with newspapers. Send your messages to US-Saudi bombs hospital in Yemen 9 US officials as a welcoming gift to US President Barack Obama’s visit [email protected] NATO forces set to attack Libya anew 9 in 2014. Ang Bayan is published forthnightly by the Central Committee Even before the Supreme Court of the Communist Party of the Philippines issued its decision, Foreign Affairs 2 January 21, 2016 ANG BAYAN Secretary Albert del Rosario and Naval Station San Miguel in San country in the guise of “exercises.” Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin Antonio, Zambales; Antonio Bautis- Using facilities anywhere in the were on their way to the US to re- ta Air Base, Puerto Princesa, Pala- country, the US has trained and port to US State Secretary John wan; Lumbia Airfield in Cagayan De directed armed forces of other Kerry and Defense Secretary Ashton Oro and Edwin Andrews Air Base in puppet Asian states in the name of Carter. On January 12, the so-called Zamboanga City. “interoperability.” Philippines-US 2+2 Ministerial Even without EDCA, the US mil- To reward Aquino for ratifying Meeting was held in Washington itary has continuously used Philip- EDCA, it has been reported that where the US and the Philippines pine facilities. On 2015, US war- Obama approved last September agreed on EDCA’s implementing ships made a hundred port calls to 2015 the $300 million military aid rules and regulations so that the US Subic alone. During the first two for the AFP’s so-called moderniza- can immediately make use of the weeks of 2016, three US nuclear tion of its arms and facilities. Part agreement. submarines have successively of this so-called modernization is The first of such meetings was docked in Subic — the USS Texas on the purchase of obsolete war ma- held on 2012 where the US laid out January 5, the USS Tucson on teriel from the US and its allies, as its plans to build facilities in Subic January 6 and the USS Topeka on well as the repair of AFP camps for Bay, Zambales, a former US naval January 12. From August 12, a total US troops' use. This fund is also a base, and other locations in the of five nuclear submarines have main source of corruption for top country. The US is currently speed- entered Philippine territory. military officials. ing up the construction and use of This is aside from their troops’ In his statement after the 2+2 these facilities under EDCA. permanent presence inside the Ministerial Meeting, Sec. Kerry The US is also expediting the cited measures that the US has en- delayed construction and operation- acted in exchange of the EDCA. alization of its bases in all of the These include the discontinuation of eight “agreed locations,” including inspections on Philippine labor con- Clark Air Base, its former base in ditions in exchange of the tax-free Pampanga.