Pahayagan ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas ANG Pinapatnubayan ng Marxismo-Leninismo-Maoismo English Edition Vol. XLIII No. 21 November 7, 2012 www.philippinerevolution.net Editorial Aquino's Marcos-style cover-up of human rights violations quino recently responded insolently to a flood of complaints on Aquino's denials remind us human rights violations by armed agents of the state by dis- of how the former dictator Fer- Amissing the growing cases of state violence against the people dinand Marcos propagated the as nothing but "Leftist propaganda." lie that there were no political prisoners, when up to 70,000 He even pervertedly accused character, his utter insensitivity people were imprisoned under the people of "violating the hu- to the sentiments and cries for martial law. man rights of the military and justice of the families of victims Like Marcos, Aquino denies police" by citing as an example of extrajudicial killings, en- the existence of political pris- urban poor residents throwing forced disappearance and other oners under his own regime. In stones at demolition teams es- violations of human rights per- fact, up to 170 political prison- corted by state agents armed petrated by the state. ers (out of a total 385) have with guns, tear gas and trun- Aquino manifested his gross been incarcerated under his cheons. disregard for worsening human two-year rule. There have also In making such dismissive rights abuses by state forces been 114 victims of extrajudi- statements, only days after soldiers of the cial killing; 127 victims of frus- Aquino has 27th IB massacred the Capion trated extrajudicial killing; 70 shown his family in Davao del Sur. (Read victims of torture; and 12 vic- fascist and about the details of the massa- tims of enforced disappear- antipeople cre on p.10 ) ance. In the countryside, hun- In this issue... Lessons from Ramos-Misuari agreement 4 Crisis and imperialist militarism 8 Killings of children condemned 10 dreds of communities have oppressed sectors who stand up fact, no different from the for- been militarized, resulting in a and raise their voices against mer dictator in employing reign of terror and abuse the reactionary regime's anti- propaganda. He has become an against the peasants, especial- people, antinational and anti- expert at dishing out never- ly women and children. The democratic policies. ending lies and half-truths in Aquino regime has increasingly The Filipino people the hope that the international employed force in tearing down are increasingly community will believe this to urban poor dwellings to give infuriated at be the truth. way to foreign-funded infra- how Aquino Aquino has poured hundreds structure projects. harps on being of millions of pesos of public In showing his indifference a victim of the funds to oil his propaganda cam- to gross violations of human abuses of mar- paigns. He and his yellow army rights by labelling them as mere tial law of spinmeisters come up with "propaganda," Aquino is stoking when he manipulated economic the fascist military and police's is in statistics and self-serv- unbridled use of force. He, in ef- ing surveys to fect, defends the brutality of project a military and police operations pseu- against the people. His much- do-re- vaunted measures, like charging ality the butcher Gen. Jovito Palpa- that ran, is all for show. In reality, it down- is Aquino and his regime who are plays the per- "propagandizing." vasive socio-eco- Despite Aquino's braggado- nomic problems of cio, he is unable to conceal the poverty, unemploy- worsening violations of human ment, rising prices, low rights under his regime's Oplan wages, hunger, home- Bayanihan, which involves the lessness and landless- outright suppression of peas- ness. He publicly bashes ants, workers, urban poor, stu- the media and public dents and other exploited and opinion makers who re- fuse to ride the Aquino fantasy bandwagon. Contents Aquino is so awash in his ANG own lies that he has become in- Editorial: Aquino’s Marcos-style creasingly arrogant and over- cover-up of human rigths violations 1 Vol. XLIII No. 21 November 7, 2012 weening in the face of criticism Akbayan is Aquino’s puppet 2 and dissatisfaction over his per- Ang Bayan is published in Pilipino, Lessons from Ramos-Misuari agreement 4 Bisaya, Iloko, Hiligaynon, Waray and formance. English editions. Coco levy fund being plundered anew 6 On the other hand, he enjoys It is available for downloading at the full support of his imperialist the Philippine Revolution Web Central Farmers’ protest actions 7 masters in carrying out his cam- located at: Crisis and imperialist militarism 8 paign of deception and suppres- NDFP condemns killings of children 10 www.philippinerevolution.org. sion. Pamana, Kalahi-CIDSS: Anti-development 11 Ang Bayan welcomes contributions The broad masses of the in the form of articles and news. 2 killed, 9 wounded in NPA TOs 11 people have no other recourse Readers are likewise enjoined to send in their comments and suggestions for Times Transit workers launch but to expose and firmly op- the betterment of our publication. You march-caravan 12 pose the human rights abuses can reach us by email at: Olalia-Alay-ay murder case revived 12 and the antipeople and antina- [email protected] tional policies of the Aquino re- 2 US soldiers face rape charges 12 gime and continue asserting Protests vs. privatization 13 their national and democratic Ang Bayan is published fortnightly by the Central Committee interests. ~ of the Communist Party of the Philippines 2 ANG BAYAN November 7, 2012 Akbayan is Aquino's puppet he US-Aquino regime's all-out support for Akbayan comes as lords and comprador bourgeosie no suprise after the public disclosure of reports on the sources to serve as an instrument to de- Tof the partylist group's campaign contributions in 2010. The ceive the people and create the Akbayan group reportedly received more than `112 million, most of impression that Aquino enjoys which came from the Aquino family and big businessmen, landlords "popular" support. Thus, during and personalities known to be close to and supportive of the Aquinos. Akbayan's assembly, no less than Aquino was invited as the Akbayan's biggest contribu- and Manuel Gana (`5 million), main speaker. It was then that tors are the Aquino sisters Kris whose company is among the Aquino declared that his princi- (`10 million), Victoria (`5 mil- corporate giants behind the ples and those of Akbayan are lion) and Aurora ["Ballsy"] (`2 multi-billion dollar Entertain- one and the same. million). Aquino's cousins from ment City project. Akbayan's claims that it is the Lopa family also contributed Up to 90% of the Akbayan a "socialist" group is pure hog- (`1 million). Also counted group's electoral funds were wash in the face of its role as a among the contributors are contributed by only more than blind supporter and apologist Aquino regime officials like Phil- 20 families or groups suppor- of Aquino. Because Aquino has ippine Charity Sweepstakes tive of and currently benefiting it in his pocket, Akbayan has head Margarita Juico (`1 mil- from the Aquino regime. Thus, never expressed support for lion) and Francis Hernando (`1 during the 2010 elections, Ak- the struggle of the peasants million), a high-ranking Pagcor bayan was able to flood televi- for the free and immediate dis- official. sion and radio stations with its tribution of land at Hacienda Big comprador bourgeosie expensive political advertise- Luisita which is owned by the like Bansan Choa, Ben Tiu and ments. Cojuangco-Aquino clan. In Ruben Tiu (owners of the Dis- The disclosure of informa- fact, Akbayan officers even covery chain of hotels) who con- tion on Akbayan's election funds reprimanded some individual tributed `15 million, Antonio has made it exceedingly clear to members of the group who Cojuangco staff Antonio Samson the people that this party is wanted to side with the Haci- (`12 million), former Procter nothing but a big swindler pre- enda Luisita farmers. and Gamble president Johni Cua tending to be "Leftist" and a Despite its claims of being (`12 million), East-West Bank representative of the oppressed. a "democratic" organization, president Antonio Moncupa (`2 It has also become quite obvious Akbayan has been silent in the million) and Phinma Properties that Akbayan is face of the Aquino regime's un- Corp. president Willibado J. Uy on the pay- bridled anti-democratic at- (`1 million) also gave significant roll of tacks against the people. How amounts. So did Aquino can Akbayan be expected to Belle Group's and take a stand against the dem- Gregorio Yu the big olition of urban poor communi- (`5 million) land- ties when it owes debts of gratitude to big businessmen who have had their eye on landholdings that they want "cleaned" of impoverished res- idents in order to give way to their projects under Aqui- no's Public-Private Part- nership (PPP) scheme? Not a few Akbayan offi- cers have been appointed by Aquino to various posi- tions in his government to assist in hoodwinking the ANG BAYAN November 7, 2012 ANG BAYAN Enero 21, 2012 people. One of its ranking lead- Lessons from the Ramos- ers, Loretta Ann Rosales now heads the Commission on Hu- Misuari agreement man Rights and has done noth- ing but shield the AFP from myr- iad cases of human rights viola- t is important to learn the lessons of the past to avoid repeat- tions. Like Aquino, Akbayan ing them. Particularly for the Moro people, there are many turns a deaf ear to the cries for Ilessons to be learned from the Moro National Liberation justice from tens of thousands Front's (MNLF) capitulation to the Ramos regime through MNLF of victims of massacres, killings, chair Nur Misuari's signing of the Final Peace Agreement of 1996 illegal detention, torture, dem- (the Ramos-Misuari agreement).