The Communist Party of India (Maoist) strongly condemns the imposition
of Emergency in the Philippines by the US puppet government of President
Arroyo. The government banned the rallies to be held on the 20th
anniversary of the “people’s power” and had arrested military officers,
opposition leaders and have closed down all anti-Arroyo newspaper
offices. More details are yet to come to light.
There has been months of mass unrest against the anti-people polices
of the Arroyo government involving a large section of the people
of the Philippines stretching from the parliamentary opposition
at one end to the revolutionary forces of the country, including
the National Democratic Front of Philippines (NDFP). This government
acting as a stooge of the US has been systematically selling out
the country to the imperialists and has even gone to the extent
of inviting the US armed forces into the country. It has been bogged
down in all sorts of corruption.
Not only that even before the declaration of Emergency the government
has been using vigilante forces to assassinate leaders of mass organisations
and the trade unions. Over the last year or two about 50 of such
leaders have been murdered by these killer forces. They have also
been ruthlessly using the military against the peoples forces led
by the CPP (Communist Party of the Philippines) and even against
Moro nationality movement. In a recent action 16 Maoists were brutally
killed by the military forces.
Our Party strongly condemns these actions and fully stands with
the oppressed masses of the Philippines. The people of India stand
shoulder to shoulder with the people of the Philippines in their
struggle for justice, democracy and socialism. We demand the immediate
lifting of the Emergency in the Philippines and strong punishment
for those responsible for the assassination of the leaders of the
mass organisations. The struggle of the people of the Philippines
is part of our common struggle against the common enemy of imperialism,
particularly US imperialism. The people of India firmly unite with
the people of the Philippines against their reactionary rulers.
General Secretary
Communist Party of India (Maoist)
March 1 2006
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