Three Army soldiers deployed for peace and development outreach program were murdered on Thursday morning, January 6, 2011 in Southern Mindanao. The soldiers belong to the Peace and Development Team 905 of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Special Forces Battalion.
The three soldiers were riding a motorcycle heading towards Purok 4, Barangay Magdum, Tagum City when they were fired upon by suspected members of the New People’s Army belonging to Guerilla Front 33. Two of the soldiers died instantly while the third casualty expired while being treated at the Davao Regional Hospital in Tagum City.
“This is a case of murder,” said Lieutenant Colonel Ferdinand Napuli, Commander of the 3rd Special Forces Battalion. “Our soldiers were there for community works but the assailants want to destroy the peace that the soldiers are offering to the people,” he added. With the heavy downpour of rain in 10ID AOR, the soldiers were also alerted for the conduct of needs assessment and disaster response operations.
Implementation of the peace and development outreach program started in September last year. This program has resulted to the implementation of various humanitarian assistance programs including dengue prevention, clean up drives, blood letting, medical and dental mission, book distribution, supplemental feeding and gift giving. The program also resulted to the surrender of hundreds of former NPA members and supporters.
Major General Jorge Segovia, Commander of the 10th Infantry Division based in Davao City condemned the killing as a cowardly act of peace saboteurs. He said that the peace and development outreach program which is being implemented under the AFP’s Campaign Plan “Bayanihan” will continue to contribute in solving the root causes of insurgency. “The CPP plan to divert our attention away from community works will fail,” he said.
Nevertheless, he reminded his field commanders to be on the alert to prevent the recurrence of similar incident.
(As emailed by LTC MEDEL M AGUILAR PA. 10ID Public Information Officer)
1.04.2011
THE ROLES OF PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE REPUBLIC IN SEARCH FOR LASTING PEACE (1st of 5 parts)
The time of the late-President Corazon Cojuanco-Aquino (1986-1992)
Former President Corazon C. Aquino carved out her own niche in Philippine history when she claimed the presidency through the peaceful People Power I known as the EDSA People’s Revolution in February of 1986.
She tried to heal the wounds of a divided nation when she announced her policy of reconciliation through peace negotiations with the communist insurgents and the Muslim secessionists. For a start, and as a showcase of her sincerity, she issued an executive clemency to political detainees that included Joma Sison. On top of this, she repealed all oppressive martial law decrees of her immediate predecessor, former President Marcos. And on April 20, 1986 she issued her clarion call for an indefinite ceasefire to clear the path for the peace talks.
In May 1986, preliminary negotiations between the government and the NDF began with a focus on possible cessation of hostilities; her government also provided safety guarantees for communist and Muslim representatives to the peace talks. Between the Muslims and the communists, the first to come to the peace talk were the latter. On June 26, 1986 the first three-man GRP Peace Panel was constituted with the following as members: then Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights Jose Diokno (who was later replaced by Ma. Serena Diokno when he fell ill and could no longer perform his duties); then Agriculture Sec. Ramon Mitra, Jr.; and Commission on Audit Chairman Teofisto Guingona. The NDF Panel was made up of four-person team consisting of Antonio Zumel, Satur Ocampo, Rafael Salas and Carolina Malay.
For reasons that were not made clear, the initial negotiations were held in secret before the ceasefire agreement of November 27, 1986 and then openly during the 60-day ceasefire that followed. On December 5, 1986 a five-member National Ceasefire Committee was formed to supervise the ceasefire; it was headed by Bishop Antonio Fortich of Bacolod City.
On December 10, 1986 a nationwide ceasefire took effect. In a joint statement, the government and NDF panels affirmed their commitments to uphold the ceasefire and asked for full cooperation from all sides to support the peace effort. During this period, the government proposed a P1-Billion program for the rehabilitation of rebels but the NDF insisted on a radical land reform to be implemented instead.
On December 23, 1986 the NDF panel submitted a counter-proposal for a negotiated settlement outlining “basic premises and objectives.” The NDF Paper define the roots on insurgency as “poverty, violation of civil liberties, lack of participation of the working classes, and the continued US domination” even as it sought the creation of a new coalition government and the calling of a constituent assembly. The government panel presented its proposal untitled, “Proposal of the government of the Republic of the Philippines to the NDF” with the general goals of alleviating poverty, generate productive employment, and promoting equity and social justice. The government proposed socio-economic programs as starting points, but the NDF wanted too begin with human rights issues. From the very start, both Panels were “clawing at each other.”
A compromise formula was proposed by the GRP panel head, the former Senator Jose Diokno which was “Food and Freedom, Jobs and Justice” in an attempt at a compromise but to no avail. In January 1987, the first formal peace negotiations dealing with substantive issues took place but it was short-lived. The differences between the frameworks presented by both sides to address socio-economic and political issues proved to be huge hurdles.
On January 22, 1987 the NDF walked out of the negotiations in the Netherlands after farmers and demonstrators threw stones at anti-riot police in Manila. The demonstrators tried to enter the area near Malacanang (official residence of Philippine President) but were prevented from doing so by the anti-riot police in a bloody clash. The NDF and GRP decided to suspend the negotiations while keeping ceasefire in effect. And down south Philippines in Mindanao Island many families were displaced in the barangays of Kiwalan and Dalipuga, all of Iligan City when army troopers continued to clash with the NPAs who were extorting money or harassing the people in the area. It could be gleaned that the communists, right from the very start of the peace talks, were using violent means as possible bargaining chips but the government refused to be intimidated and pursued the peace process, through a clear and defined path, instead.
After this sad episode, the government changed strategy: pursue peace talks through dialogues with the regional leaders of the CPP-NPA-NDF. A news set of government peace negotiators was created headed by then Senator Teofisto Guingona, Jr. as the GRP panel chairman with Jaime Guerrero and Alice Villadolid as members. Guingona appointed regional peace negotiators in all 12 regions of the country. He appointed the Roman Catholic Bishops, who also served in the ceasefire committees, as regional negotiators.
In 1987, President Cory Aquino created the Office of the Peace Commissioner (OPC), forerunner of the OPAPP, under Administrative Order No. 30, “Defining the Systematic Approach and Administrative Frame work for the Government’s Peace Effort” under the join Executive-Legislative Peace Council. She also appointed then Health Secretary Alfredo Bengson as Peace Commissioner. While the government was pursuing peace for the people it swore to protect, the CPP-NPA-NDF refused to condescend to peace for the sake of the Filipino people.
12.22.2010
Notorious bandit-turned-NPA leader and followers apprehended in Sarangani
Soldiers belonging to the Army’s peace and development team (PDT) apprehended a notorious bandit-turned-NPA leader and his four followers in Sarangani Province on Tuesday morning, December 14, 2010.
Arrested by PDT members of 73rd Infantry Battalion, 10th Infantry Division, Philippine Army were Toning Mungkil, a.k.a. “Kumander Monkey”. Mungkil, the leader of the “Yunit Milisya” (YUMIL) of the NPA Platoon Mazda under Guerilla Front 71, is wanted for cattle rustling, frustrated murder and other criminal cased and his four companions identified as Joel Mungkil, a.k.a. Joe; Benito Balbino, a.k.a. Ben; Ricky Mungkil, a.k.a. Muril; and Anthony Salway, a.k.a. Gusting.
Responding to the information about the presence of the wanted suspect, Lieutenant B-Jay Ursua led the PDT in serving the arrest against Mungkil. Despite of the resistance offered by the rebels, members of the arresting team maneuvered to vantage positions forcing the suspects to surrender. Recovered from the group of “Kumander Monkey” were two rifles (one M16 and one Garand). No one was wounded or injured on the government side.
The communists in Sarangani Province continue to lose its strength and influence with the series of surrender and arrest of many of its NPA members. The peace and development outreach program of the 73rd Infantry Battalion succeeded on getting the support and cooperation of the local residents from whom the NPA previously sourced its food and logistics.
The suspects thereafter were turned over to the PNP for proper disposition.
Arrested by PDT members of 73rd Infantry Battalion, 10th Infantry Division, Philippine Army were Toning Mungkil, a.k.a. “Kumander Monkey”. Mungkil, the leader of the “Yunit Milisya” (YUMIL) of the NPA Platoon Mazda under Guerilla Front 71, is wanted for cattle rustling, frustrated murder and other criminal cased and his four companions identified as Joel Mungkil, a.k.a. Joe; Benito Balbino, a.k.a. Ben; Ricky Mungkil, a.k.a. Muril; and Anthony Salway, a.k.a. Gusting.
Responding to the information about the presence of the wanted suspect, Lieutenant B-Jay Ursua led the PDT in serving the arrest against Mungkil. Despite of the resistance offered by the rebels, members of the arresting team maneuvered to vantage positions forcing the suspects to surrender. Recovered from the group of “Kumander Monkey” were two rifles (one M16 and one Garand). No one was wounded or injured on the government side.
The communists in Sarangani Province continue to lose its strength and influence with the series of surrender and arrest of many of its NPA members. The peace and development outreach program of the 73rd Infantry Battalion succeeded on getting the support and cooperation of the local residents from whom the NPA previously sourced its food and logistics.
The suspects thereafter were turned over to the PNP for proper disposition.
12.21.2010
MALING IMPORMASYON, ALANGANING DESISYON
Napalaya na ang “Morong 43”. Dumadagongdong ngayon ang pagbubunyi ng CPP-NPA-NDF at mga legal na prente nito. Ito’y nagpapatunay na umabot na sa panibagong antas, ang legal na pakikibaka ng maoistang kilusan. Kaya na nilang i-presyur kung hindi man paikutin-sa-palad ng kasinungalingan ang publiko at pamahalaan!
Ang 43 ka-tao na hinuli ng magkatuwang na pwersa ng Philippine Army at pulis sa Morong, Rizal ay hindi mga “inosente”. Lima sa mga ito ang boluntaryong lumagda sa affidavit na nagpapatunay na sila ay “mga aktibong kasapi at kadre ng CPP-NPA-NDF na nagsasanay bilang bahagi ng pang-organisasyong konsolidasyon ng National Medical Staff ng NPA”.
Subalit, ang mga affidavit na nabanggit ay nabale-wala. Nabasura din ang after operation report ng militar at pulisya na nagpapakita kung bakit ni-reyd, papaano at kung anu-ano ang mga nakumpiska at natuklasan sa naturang operasyon.
Gamit ang white paper theory ni Mao Zedong, epektibong nailihis ng mga komunistang nakatago sa saya ng mga katawagang “militante at progresibo” ang tunay na mga usapin. Dahil noon pa man, pinturado na -na mga “sinungaling at berdugo na bahagi ng makinarya ng estado” ang mga sundalo at kapulisan –napalutang nila na ang mga nahuli ay mga “health workers”.
At dahil mga health workers, kinakailangang palayain sapagkat ang search warrant ay depektibo! Ito rin ang batayan ng kautusan ni Pangulong Noynoy.
Pero sa kaso na isinampa nagdesisyon ang Court of Appeals na “…imprisonment is by virtue of a valid court process….”
Malinaw na itinadhana ng Konstitusyon na magkahiway na lalawigan ang Ehekutibo at Hudikatura. Nalusaw na ba ang panuntunag ito sa administrasyon ni Pangulong Noynoy?
Maliban sa mga nabanggit, hindi lamang sa pagpapalaya (ng Morong 43) ang kapanalunan ng CPP-NPA-NDF at mga legal na galamay nito. Ang epekto ng pagpapalaya sa hanay ng AFP at PNP ang s’yang hindi pa natin masusukat. Dagdag na kumplikasyon dito ang panawagan ng Minority Group (oposisyon) sa Kongreso na imbestigahan ang naturang desisyon.
Panlilinlang at pagpapa-igting ng bangayan sa pulitika ang pinaka-tumbok na adhikain ng mga komunista. Mas magulo ang sitwasyon, mas pabor sa teroristang kilusan. Kaya ang “peacetalk” na ninanais para ‘ma-resolba ang rebelyon’ ay walang patutunguhan. Ayon kay Luis Jalandoni, “…peace talk is another form of legal struggle that must be utilized to advance the national democratic revolution…..”
Asahan natin, kung mananatiling nasa bingit lagi ng pag-alinlangan ang Pamahalaan sa kampanya laban sa mga komunistang-terorista, hindi lamang sa usapin –kagaya ng Morong 43, masalikupan ng kasinungalingan ang sambayan.
8.17.2010
Can we trust the NPA to adhere to a unilateral Cessation of Hostilities in Region 6?
A reaction to NDF-Panay’s August 2, 2010 statement
Division Public Affairs Office, Camp Peralta, Jamindan, Capiz— A statement intended for both local and national Media was released by the Communist Terrorist Movement’s Propaganda Bureau in Panay Island dated August 2, 2010 and undersigned by Concha Araneta who identified herself with the National Democratic Front – Panay Island. In it they presented their position justifying their most recent criminal acts and at the same time defending their actions as pursuant to their desire for the resumption of peace talks with our National Government. (their statement may be accessed here http://www.philippinerevolution.net/cgi-bin/statements/stmts.pl?author=ndfpp;date=100802;lang=eng)
However, it is our opinon in the 3ID that this most recent statement by the NDF-Panay was meant not only to re-assure their dwindling ranks but is also their attempt to destroy the credibility of the 3ID spokesman. The CPP-NPA-NDF thru Concha Araneta is attempting to win public sympathy for their cause by personally attacking the messenger and not the message in their statement. Your AFP does not resort to such elementary tactics and will only stick to the issues presented. It is by reporting truthfully, being accessible, and being accountable to the public that your Army has won the trust of our people. This reaction by the Revolutionary movement in Panay alone merits the strength of the AFP’s message as the vox populi in Region 6 over their own. Since they are having difficulty attacking the message they attack the messenger.
NDF-Panay: More than anyone, it is the revolutionary movement that desires peace as long as it is based on justice. In a climate of peace, the revolutionary government can step up even more its ongoing education, health and production campaigns in the guerilla bases, pursue land reform, advance environmental protection and enhance cooperativity in production that actualize genuine people’s empowerment.
If they sincerely desire peace so much then why do they continue their campaign of terrorism not only in the country-side but also in the urbanized areas? They claim to desire peace as long as it is based on justice but their brand of justice is the kind that is devoid of due process by not even giving the accused a chance to defend themselves via a fair and impartial trial. Their Kangaroo courts do away with due process and take justice in their own hands by meting out their own brand of revolutionary justice to those who go against their beliefs or those that oppose them.
Who gave them the right to arbitrarily take lives away? They continue to kill even civilians who they suspect of being a counter-revolutionary and sometimes even their own members are unjustly killed for fear of being a mole and a traitor. For Concha Araneta and her ilk to speak so righteously about “justice” is like the pot calling the kettle black. Our challenge to them is to put your money where your mouth is and not just pay lip service and spout out propaganda. The public doesn’t buy it.
NDF-Panay: The tactical offensives that the NPA launched this July, such as the ambush in Pontevedra, Capiz, and harassment in Osorio I, San Remigio, Antique, are merely responses to the military’s continued violation of the people’s rights and defense of the revolutionary government’s territory.
It is the NPA that continues to violate People’s rights especially in the hinterlands. The CPP-NPA-NDF are deluding themselves into thinking that they are still welcome in these communities. What have they given back to the people except fear and terror? Our AFP has continued to be the bridge between the communities and our Government, the NPA in turn threaten the people and steal from them and stands in the way of progress. And by championing these attacks, they are admitting their true nature of being above the law while the majority of our citizens in Panay would just derisively shake their head at this barbaric display of tomfoolery while the remaining few will continue to live in fear of them. Truth be told, some of our communities have gone a step further and have denounced the NPA’s presence in their villages; notable examples are the communities of Linantuyan in Negros Oriental, some communities in Igbaras, Iloilo, and some villages in Tapaz, Capiz who were once NPA sympathizers but are now empowered.
NDF-Panay: Their lack of intelligence that gave advantage to the NPA’s tactical offensives can be forgiven considering the capacity for secrecy of the revolutionary underground, but to be ignorant of open processes and papers that their own government itself has co-signed is dowright shameful to taxpayer whose money they appropriate in such large quantities.
The CPP-NPA-NDF in Panay is in near collapse and as a matter of survival and to reassure their diminishing ranks they would want to continue to project an image of strength. The indicators of an upward trend in regional stability are observed in that increased activity in economy, business, tourism, and education, have shown that the insurgents in Panay have very limited capabilities and are now localized in a few barrios within each province; all thanks to greater strides in convergence with local agencies. If we compare the number of times these trouble-makers were discovered, captured, and sent to jail by our soldiers for the past year alone to these most recent acts of aggression then we see that our soldiers have far exceeded their claims of success in this conflict.
The issue being argued by the Communist Terrorist movement in Panay is the Army’s declaration that they are rejecting the government’s call for peace and our call for a unilateral ceasefire before proceeding with peace talks. Then they resort to calling us names in a weak attempt to strengthen their position. They then assert that The NDF-Panay abides by the NDFP National Council’s proposed Concise Agreement to End Civil War and Achieve Just Peace Immediately put forth last 2005 and provides us with a copy of said document. Now, item 10 of their ten-point agreement proposal states:
10. Inaugurate a truce between the warring forces of the GRP and NDFP for the purpose of alliance and other constructive purposes as stated above.
Whereas this item was the last thing on their agenda, we believe that this should be the first thing that needs to be tackled in ours, which is why we agree with our President’s stance that peace talks will only resume once a unilateral ceasefire is in effect. A “truce” while our leaders discuss how we can achieve and agree on a just peace for our Nation. Your AFP is ready, willing, and able to adhere to this truce. It is the NPA’s sincerity in this matter that comes into question. Our President extended a hand in peace during his first State of the Nation address but the NPA openly spurned it by commencing these most recent series of attacks.
We hope they will have a change of heart because we are ready to talk peace. But if the attacks keep coming as they claim then of course we will not stand idly by and do nothing.
The public has more confidence in the AFP to strictly adhere to a ceasefire; it is the NPA that the people do not trust to uphold their word. The CPP-NPA-NDF constantly lie through their teeth and have been for so long that they start believing their own lies as gospel truth.
as posted in:
http://spearheadtroopers.com/?p=430
Division Public Affairs Office, Camp Peralta, Jamindan, Capiz— A statement intended for both local and national Media was released by the Communist Terrorist Movement’s Propaganda Bureau in Panay Island dated August 2, 2010 and undersigned by Concha Araneta who identified herself with the National Democratic Front – Panay Island. In it they presented their position justifying their most recent criminal acts and at the same time defending their actions as pursuant to their desire for the resumption of peace talks with our National Government. (their statement may be accessed here http://www.philippinerevolution.net/cgi-bin/statements/stmts.pl?author=ndfpp;date=100802;lang=eng)
However, it is our opinon in the 3ID that this most recent statement by the NDF-Panay was meant not only to re-assure their dwindling ranks but is also their attempt to destroy the credibility of the 3ID spokesman. The CPP-NPA-NDF thru Concha Araneta is attempting to win public sympathy for their cause by personally attacking the messenger and not the message in their statement. Your AFP does not resort to such elementary tactics and will only stick to the issues presented. It is by reporting truthfully, being accessible, and being accountable to the public that your Army has won the trust of our people. This reaction by the Revolutionary movement in Panay alone merits the strength of the AFP’s message as the vox populi in Region 6 over their own. Since they are having difficulty attacking the message they attack the messenger.
NDF-Panay: More than anyone, it is the revolutionary movement that desires peace as long as it is based on justice. In a climate of peace, the revolutionary government can step up even more its ongoing education, health and production campaigns in the guerilla bases, pursue land reform, advance environmental protection and enhance cooperativity in production that actualize genuine people’s empowerment.
If they sincerely desire peace so much then why do they continue their campaign of terrorism not only in the country-side but also in the urbanized areas? They claim to desire peace as long as it is based on justice but their brand of justice is the kind that is devoid of due process by not even giving the accused a chance to defend themselves via a fair and impartial trial. Their Kangaroo courts do away with due process and take justice in their own hands by meting out their own brand of revolutionary justice to those who go against their beliefs or those that oppose them.
Who gave them the right to arbitrarily take lives away? They continue to kill even civilians who they suspect of being a counter-revolutionary and sometimes even their own members are unjustly killed for fear of being a mole and a traitor. For Concha Araneta and her ilk to speak so righteously about “justice” is like the pot calling the kettle black. Our challenge to them is to put your money where your mouth is and not just pay lip service and spout out propaganda. The public doesn’t buy it.
NDF-Panay: The tactical offensives that the NPA launched this July, such as the ambush in Pontevedra, Capiz, and harassment in Osorio I, San Remigio, Antique, are merely responses to the military’s continued violation of the people’s rights and defense of the revolutionary government’s territory.
It is the NPA that continues to violate People’s rights especially in the hinterlands. The CPP-NPA-NDF are deluding themselves into thinking that they are still welcome in these communities. What have they given back to the people except fear and terror? Our AFP has continued to be the bridge between the communities and our Government, the NPA in turn threaten the people and steal from them and stands in the way of progress. And by championing these attacks, they are admitting their true nature of being above the law while the majority of our citizens in Panay would just derisively shake their head at this barbaric display of tomfoolery while the remaining few will continue to live in fear of them. Truth be told, some of our communities have gone a step further and have denounced the NPA’s presence in their villages; notable examples are the communities of Linantuyan in Negros Oriental, some communities in Igbaras, Iloilo, and some villages in Tapaz, Capiz who were once NPA sympathizers but are now empowered.
NDF-Panay: Their lack of intelligence that gave advantage to the NPA’s tactical offensives can be forgiven considering the capacity for secrecy of the revolutionary underground, but to be ignorant of open processes and papers that their own government itself has co-signed is dowright shameful to taxpayer whose money they appropriate in such large quantities.
The CPP-NPA-NDF in Panay is in near collapse and as a matter of survival and to reassure their diminishing ranks they would want to continue to project an image of strength. The indicators of an upward trend in regional stability are observed in that increased activity in economy, business, tourism, and education, have shown that the insurgents in Panay have very limited capabilities and are now localized in a few barrios within each province; all thanks to greater strides in convergence with local agencies. If we compare the number of times these trouble-makers were discovered, captured, and sent to jail by our soldiers for the past year alone to these most recent acts of aggression then we see that our soldiers have far exceeded their claims of success in this conflict.
The issue being argued by the Communist Terrorist movement in Panay is the Army’s declaration that they are rejecting the government’s call for peace and our call for a unilateral ceasefire before proceeding with peace talks. Then they resort to calling us names in a weak attempt to strengthen their position. They then assert that The NDF-Panay abides by the NDFP National Council’s proposed Concise Agreement to End Civil War and Achieve Just Peace Immediately put forth last 2005 and provides us with a copy of said document. Now, item 10 of their ten-point agreement proposal states:
10. Inaugurate a truce between the warring forces of the GRP and NDFP for the purpose of alliance and other constructive purposes as stated above.
Whereas this item was the last thing on their agenda, we believe that this should be the first thing that needs to be tackled in ours, which is why we agree with our President’s stance that peace talks will only resume once a unilateral ceasefire is in effect. A “truce” while our leaders discuss how we can achieve and agree on a just peace for our Nation. Your AFP is ready, willing, and able to adhere to this truce. It is the NPA’s sincerity in this matter that comes into question. Our President extended a hand in peace during his first State of the Nation address but the NPA openly spurned it by commencing these most recent series of attacks.
We hope they will have a change of heart because we are ready to talk peace. But if the attacks keep coming as they claim then of course we will not stand idly by and do nothing.
The public has more confidence in the AFP to strictly adhere to a ceasefire; it is the NPA that the people do not trust to uphold their word. The CPP-NPA-NDF constantly lie through their teeth and have been for so long that they start believing their own lies as gospel truth.
as posted in:
http://spearheadtroopers.com/?p=430
6.23.2010
AN APPEAL TO THE COMELEC TO IMMEDIATELY PROCLAIM 11 PARTY LIST GROUPS AS WINNERS IN THE MAY 10, 2010 ELECTIONS
FACTS
On May 31, 2010 the COMELEC, sitting en banc as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) determined that 39 out of the 179 party lists groups may be allotted with party list seats. However, only 28 party lists groups were proclaimed, in view of the fact that the proclamation of 11 out of the first 39 party list groups was deferred “until final resolution of their respective cases, in order not to render the proceedings therein moot and academic”. Said party list groups have either pending petitions filed against them either for cancellation of registration or disqualification of their nominees. The party list groups whose proclamations have been deferred are the following:
Rank:
01 - Ako Bicol Partylist (3 seats, 1,522,986 votes)
03 - Buhay (2 seats, 1,249,555 votes)
07 - 1-Care (2 seats; 768,829 votes)
11 - Cibac (1 seat; 647,483 votes)
12 - A Teacher (1 seat; 614,725 votes)
14 - Butil (1 seat; 506,703 votes)
18 - LPGMA (1 seat; 417,600 votes)
21 - AAMBIS-OWA (1 seat; 357,009 votes)
23 - APEC (1 seat; 313,359 votes)
26 - ANAD (1 seat; 292,057 votes)
37 - 1-Utak (1 seat; 220,002 votes)
TOTAL: 6,910,308 VOTES
As of the present date, the said party lists have not been proclaimed by the NBOC.
OBSERVATIONS
DEFERRAL OF PROCLAMATION IS A DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF 6,910,308 VOTERS
The bedrock of democracy is an honest, fair, clean, orderly elections. The 11 party list groups whose proclamations were deferred were elected by a total of 6,910,308 Filipinos whose votes were validly and legitimately casted during the May 10 elections. The essence of democracy frowns upon any action or interpretation of the law that would hinder the free and intelligent casting and appreciation of the votes in an election. The NBOC has to respect the will of the electorate and adhere to the democratic foundations of our nation by proclaiming the 11 party list groups the soonest possible.
DEFERRAL OF PROCLAMATION IS A BAD PRECEDENT
The cases filed against the 11 party list groups are either petitions for cancellation of registration or for disqualification of party list nominee. Majority of the petitions were only filed after the May 10 elections. In fact, a significant number of the cases were filed on May 29, 2010, or a mere 2 days before the ruling of the NBOC. This decision to defer proclamation has set for all an extremely bad precedent. The NBOC has left the door wide open to harassment suits that may be filed by the not so fortunate party-list groups, who knows not the meaning of the word “concede”, thereby creating a mockery of the will of the Filipino people.
DEFERRAL OF PROCLAMATION IS UNREASONABLE
Legally, suspension of a proclamation is usually allowed when there is a pre-proclamation controversy, which may only be raised due to illegal proceedings of the board of canvassers, irregularity of the election returns, or similar cases questioning the regularity of the canvassing of votes. Questions concerning the party list registration or the qualification of nominees are clearly NOT questions related to the canvassing. Hence, the NBOC should not have deferred the proclamations since the petitions against the 11 party list groups are not pre-proclamation controversies.
DEFERRAL OF PROCLAMATION IS UNFAIR
All party list groups underwent an accreditation procedure set by the COMELEC, including publication thereof in 2 newspapers of general circulation and a period to file oppositions thereto. It is unfair that after diligently complying with the registration procedure, then rigorously campaigning on a national level and finally garnering sufficient votes to be declared winners, the 11 party lists were not proclaimed due to petitions belatedly filed beyond the period allowed and even after the votes were already casted and counted. It is likewise unfair that only the petitions filed against the 11 party list groups were recognized as valid bases to defer proclamations. Party list Ang Tambay filed a petition for the disqualification of 133 party list groups but the party lists included therein were proclaimed nonetheless. In fact, it is public knowledge that Ang Galing Pinoy has a pending case for the disqualification of their nominees but it was proclaimed on May 31, 2010 in the same resolution issued by the NBOC.
APPEAL
The Filipino people have made known their choice of the party-list groups that would be their voice in the House of Representatives. That choice must be respected. Time is of the essence and there is now an urgent need to proclaim the 11 party list groups as a winning party list groups. Right or title to elective office must not be left long under cloud otherwise public administration will suffer.
We therefore appeal to the COMELEC, as the NBOC, to IMMEDIATELY PROCLAIM AAMBIS-OWA, AKB, ANAD, APEC, ATEACHER, BUHAY, BUTIL, CIBAC, LPGMA, 1-CARE and 1-UTAK as party list winners in the May 10, 2010 elections.
4.30.2010
IBASURA ANG MGA MAPAGKUNWARI
Pagkatapos ng Mayo 10, 2010 na hahalalan, mabibigyang wakas na ba ang kahirapan? Masasawata na ba ang mga magnanakaw sa lipunan? Maging makabuluhan na ba ang ‘kapangyarihan’ ng ordinaryong mamamayan? Abot kamay na lang ba ang ‘bagong pag-asa’?
Marami pang mga katanungan ang maaaring ipukol. At sigurado naman ako na ang lahat na kasagutan ay hindi pwedeng i-asa na lamang sa pangako ng mga pulitiko. Ang desaysibong kapangyarihan pa rin ay ang pagpapasya ng mga botanteng Pilipino.
Ngunit, gaano na ka-mature ang mga botanteng Pilipino? Lahat ba na mga usaping-panlipunan kaugnay sa hinaharap na halalan ay nahima-himay na sa mga botante para magkaroon ng responsible at makatarungang pag-desisyon kung sino ang iluloklok sa pwesto?
Ang batohan ng ‘putik’ ng mga estabilisadong pangalang kumakampanya ngayon ay hindi batayan na napag-usapan na ang mga malalalim na isyu sa lipunang Pilipino. Kung tutuusin, ito ay nagsisilbing tabon na lalong nagpapa-igting ng mga tunggalian sa pulitika. Ang kahinatnan nito’y hindi solusyon bagkus dagdag pang mga bangayan! Sitwasyon na naglalaway-pang-ninanais ng mga pwersang ibig sumira sa ating demokratikong sistema.
Hindi maipagkaila na ang korapsyon ay isa sa mga sanhi ng kahirapan. Ngunit, bakit habang lumalaon ay lalong lumalala ang korapsyon at kahirapan?
Ang usaping ito ay napagkaloob sa maniobrang denisenyo ng mga teroristang-komunista. Ayon kay Mao Tsetung (ang sinasambang lider ng CPP-NPA-NDF) “….poverty is bad but it is good for the revolution!” Kaya’t kung nakikita ninyo, walang patumanggang sinasabotahe ng mga grupong ito ang ekonomiya ng ating bansa para lalong malugmok sa kahirapan ang mamamayang Pilipino at umalsa laban sa gobyerno.
Pangunahing halimbawa dito ang sinapit ng Atlas Mining sa Lalawigan ng Cebu. Noong kasiglahan pa ng naturang kumpanya, meron itong 33,000 workers at nagbabayad ng halos P54M na buwis bawat taon. Pagkatapos ma-organisa ng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) na naglunsad ng sunod-sunod na mga welga –napilitang magsara ang minahan. Hindi lamang mga minero ang naapektuhan kungdi lakip na ang mga may maliliit na negosyo sa palibot ng Atlas Mining. Ano karami ang nawalan ng mapagkitaan?
Sa Bataan Export Processing Zone (BEPZ) na noo’y merong mahigit 300 kumpanya. Iilan na lamang ngayon ang nag-o-operate matapos din ang serye ng mga strikes ng KMU.
Sa kanayunan, walang proyekto na pinapatupad ang gobyerno at pribadong sector na hindi kinukutungan ng ‘revolutionary tax’ ng CPP-NPA-NDF. Sinusunog ang mga equipments kung hindi man pinagpapatay ang mga hindi bumabayad!
Simula 1996 hanggang 2006 ang mga teroristang-komunista ay responsible sa pagsira ng mahigit 316 na estabilisadong negosyo, pagsusunog ng cell phone transmission sites, makinarya sa konstruksyon, mga bus at marami pa. Tinatayang sa 30 taon na nabanggit, trilyones ang nawala sa ekonomiya ng ating bansa.
Ito ang dahilan na maraming taga-probinsya ang tumutungo sa mga lungsod para maghanap ng trabaho. Subalit, pagdating sa syudad naging dagdag lamang sila sa halos puputok-na na lobo ng kawalan at kakulangan ng mapagtrabahuan. Dagdag na problema sa pabahay, basura at iba pang mga panlipunang suliranin.
Ito rin ang mga lehitimong social concerns ang ginagamit ng mga prenteng organisasyon ng CPP-NPA-NDF laban sa gobyerno. At sa pamamagitan ng masinop na paglubid ng mapanlinlang na mga propaganda –tuluyang discredited ang pamahalaan.
Ngayong eleksyon, karamihan sa mga kumakandidato mula konsehal ng bayan hanggang pagka-pangulo ng bansa ay kinukutungan ng NPA (sa iba’t ibang anyo) ng “permit to campaign fees”. Hayagang ekstorsyon na noong 2001, 2004 at 2007 na mga halalan tinatayang nakaipon ang CPP-NPA-NDF ng mahigit P2 bilyon na koleksyon.
Kung manatiling ganito ang sitwasyon, kahit sinuman ang uopo sa Malakanyang –manatiling mahirap umusad tungo sa makabuluhang kaunlaran ang bansang Pilipinas. Lalo na kung ang makakahawak sa renda n gating pambansang pamahalaan ay ‘kaibigan’ ng mga teroristang-komunista.
Kinakailangan ang kapayapaan para mailatag ang tamang mga imprastruktura ng pagsulong. Sa puntong ito tama ang sinasabi ni Cong. Bongbong Marcos na “…ang tuloy-tuloy na asenso ay makakamtan lamang sa determinadong pamumuno at lubos na pagkilala sa mga suliranin ng bayan….” May paala-ala naman si Cong. Jun Alcover ng ANAD Partylist “terorismo ang dahilan kung bakit lumalaganap ang kahirapan”.
Kaya’t sa eleksyong ito, hindi masasarap pakinggan na mga slogan ang kailangan. Kilatisin kung sino ang nararapat na lider at ibasura ang mga nagtatago lamang sa anino ng demokrasya para sirain ang mismong demokratikong sistemang ating kinagisnan.
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