Pahayagan ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas ANG Pinapatnubayan ng Marxismo-Leninismo-Maoismo English Edition Vol.XXXIX No. 21 November 7, 2008 www.philippinerevolution.net Editorial Corruption in the midst of crisis he Arroyo regime’s insatiable corruption, rot- and corruption cases exposed before the public. tenness and maneuvering burst out in the open Knowledge of the regime’s transgressions will surely Tonce more with the recent revelations of big- fuel the people’s anger. time corruption, both recent and from way back. The The Arroyo regime is hell-bent on concealing the issues take exceptional prominence now due to the anomalies behind the Ginintuang Masaganang Ani various schemes concocted by the regime to block funds especially since it intends to employ the same the investigation of former Agriculture Undersecre- scheme for the coming 2010 elections. Arroyo tary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante. Bolante, Arroyo’s has allocated more than `3.3 billion purpor- chief operator in 2004 in stealing tedly for the purchase and distribution of fer- `2.8 billion from the Ginintuang tilizer in the proposed 2009 budget. The Masaganang Ani fund amount forms part of a new `7 billion budget was recently de- for Ginintuang Masaganang Ani—the very ported back to the same program that Arroyo and Bolante used country after the as a milch cow in 2004. Arroyo and her cabal US denied his plea have yet to reveal the many other for asylum. schemes up their The ruling regime’s ma- sleeves designed to neuvers consist of its usual further raid the na- tactics to silence other poten- tion’s coffers. tial witnesses to the many Arroyo’s worsen- criminal activities involv- ing corruption in the ing the Arroyo family. The latter years of her rule Arroyo regime’s desperate forms part of her pre- and shameless parations to ensure attempts to that she stays in muzzle Bolante power beyond and keep him 2010. She is from appearing tightening her before the Se- grip on power nate only for fear of be- betray its ing put on trial morbid fear for all her of having crimes against all its crimes the people. NPA seizes 26 NPA rescused 7 US imperialism under This issue’s firearms, AFP-PNP detained comrades in the Obama regime suffers 43 cascualties Quezon highlights... PAGE 11 PAGE 4 PAGE 5 Arroyo has been amassing tens could not afford to buy medicines, bondage. of billions in anticipation of the millions of students are forced to The people must use every political battles she will be facing study in dilapidated classrooms means to block Arroyo’s various as a result of her unyielding desire without any facilities and millions schemes to prolong her stay in to remain in power beyond her of children and youth who could power. All democratic, patriotic and term. She will use these funds to not even attend school due to anti-Arroyo forces must strive to buy off politicians whose votes she extreme poverty have no future to unite in the face of Malacañang’s needs to push for changes in the look forward to. attempts to divide and crush them. constitution that will allow her to History will judge the US-Arro- They must forge their unity and run again as president, if not as yo regime as one of the most cor- muster all their strength to prime minister. Otherwise, she will rupt governments to use overthrow Arroyo. use the humongous funds to secure its power to amass The Filipino people must the loyalty of the winning candi- gigantic funds be made ever more aware of dates should elections push and repress its the need for a revolutionary through in 2010. Arroyo will also people. uprising as they use the funds to ensure the loyalty The people must plunge deep- of military officers and the police not let Gloria Ar- er into should she eventually declare mili- royo’s ceaseless lies, poverty and tary rule if her cha-cha schemes deceptions and backwardness fail. thievery pass. amid the Due to the worsening socio- She must not continuing economic crisis, every centavo be allowed intensifica- stolen by Arroyo from the nation’s to linger in tion of coffers adds to the impoverished power any the so- masses’ gnawing hunger. Arroyo’s longer. cio-eco- shameless plunder of billions of pe- Every sec- nomic sos condemns the people to im- ond Arro- crisis and measurable suffering and oppres- yo spends in the crimes sion and fuels their rage. Arroyo’s power, every prevarication and perpetrated by the incumbent re- pockets continue to be lined with machination employed by her is gime. As the regime’s brutalities gold as millions of people go hun- for the purpose of committing fur- escalate, the people’s determina- gry, and are landless, jobless and ther plunder and tightening the tion to tread the path of armed homeless. So many of the sick shackles that keep the people in revolution heightens. The Filipino people’s struggle ANG grows stronger and more wide- Contents spread with the tireless efforts of the broad revolutionary movement Vol. XXXIX No. 21 November 7, 2008 Editorial under the leadership of the Com- Corruption in the midst of crisis 1 munist Party of the Philippines Ang Bayan is published in Pilipino, Muzzling Bolante 3 Bisaya,Iloko,Hiligaynon, Waray and (CPP) and the perseverance of all Victorious Tactical Offensives English editions. 26 firearms seized in NPA offensives 4 anti-imperialist, antifeudal and an- It is available for download at the 43 NPA military actions in Samar 4 tifascist forces. The revolutionary, Philippine revolution Web Central NPA rescuses 7 detainees in Quezon 5 patriotic and democratic forces are located at: Disarming operation in Davao Oriental 6 www.philippinerevolution.net Escape from the enemy 7 relentless in advocating the inte- Ang Bayan welcomes contributions Officer’s course in Eastern Visayas 7 rests of the people and advancing in the form of articles and news. Fascist state on a rampage their struggles. The tactical offen- Readers are likewise enjoined to send Persecution of legal activists 8 sives of the armed revolutionary Target: Southern Tagalog activists 9 in their comments and suggestions forces will further intensify, along for betterment of our publication.You Mounting number of Moro victims 10 may reach us by email at: US imperialism under Obama regime 11 with the people’s struggles and ot- [email protected] News 12 her forms of resistance to finally put an end to Arroyo’s rule and Ang Bayan is published fortnightly by the Central Commitee compel her to face the people’s of the Communist Party of the Philippines judgment. ~ 2 ANG BAYAN November 7, 2008 brought immediately to the hospi- tal after he complained of chest pa- ins upon his arrival at the Manila International Airport. Unlike a re- gular patient, however, he was not brought directly to the emergency room, but to an expensive private room at St. Luke’s where a team of doctors awaited him. Soon after, Dr. Ramon Saavedra, Bolante’s doctor prohibited him from receiving visi- tors. Bolante simultaneously urged the Supreme Court to approve his petition for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to prevent the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms from arresting him and bringing him to the Sen- ate. On November 3, Bolante’s lawyer withdrew this petition because his client had actually al- ready been arrested by the Senate. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice opened an investigation at the Office of the Ombudsman on Muzzling Bolante the `432 million fertilizer fund scam filed by journalist Marlene Es- he deportation by the US of former Undersecretary of Agriculture Jo- perat against Bolante. This, after celyn “Jocjoc” Bolante on October 28 has ruined the regime’s plans Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, a Tto either hide him within the country or slip him out, so he could fervent ally of the Arroyos, sat on avoid being investigated for the major corruption cases filed against the case for three years. him. The regime nonetheless persists in concocting various alibis and The recent reopening of this ca- schemes to keep Bolante from talking. se is now being used as a pretext to derail the Senate investigation. Bolante is Arroyo’s chief opera- der to arrive at a formal judgment According to Sen. Edgardo Angara tor in squandering Ginintuang Ma- and closure. and Juan Miguel Zubiri, two of Ar- saganang Ani funds worth `2.806 Malacañang failed to hold Bo- royo’s most rabid lapdogs, the Se- billion. The funds were diverted to lante a la Jun Lozada because of nate and the Ombudsman will sim- Arroyo’s electoral campaign kitty in the full media coverage and public ply be trading diatribes should the 2004. The most controversial attention attending his arrival. Senate Blue Ribbon Committee pur- among these is the anomaly-ridden Nonetheless, as he was being sue the investigation. Gloria Arroyo `728 million fertilizer fund. brought to St. Luke’s Medical Center has accused the senators and con- As early as 2005, the Senate in Quezon City, the regime wasted gressmen of grandstanding in their has already ad a standing arrest or- no time in concocting excuses to persistence to open the probe on der for Bolante, after his persistent delay his appearance before the Se- the fertilizer fund scam and other refusal to appear before Senate nate with the end goal of silencing scandals involving Malacañang. hearings on the case. The Arroyo re- him. Recently, Bolante’s son Owen fi- gime slipped him out of the coun- To prolong his hospital stay, led a petition for a writ of habeas try in 2005 and Bolante later so- Malacañang spread news about the corpus before the Court of Appeals.