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| Kabataan Party bullies directs their unspent anger on Akbayan Party. |
Maniwala man kayo o hindi, binabasa namin ang mga persyodikong aming nakakalap bago ito dalhin sa mga "recycling" shops.
Tuwang-tuwa kami sa biruan kapag nagagawi kami sa "bullying" session ng Makabayan Party - binubuo ng Bayan Muna, Kabataan, Gabriela, Anakpawis, Akapbata, Kalikasan, ACT Teacher, Migrante at iba pang kasama sa sindikato ng dulong kaliwa - sa Akbayan Party.
Mantakin mo nga namang parang naging totoy na may uhog sa ilong ang Akbayan sa ginawang "bullying" ng Kabataan Party (alias Anakbayan o vice versa) sa press conference na ginawa ng democratic left.
Nasundan ito ng kaung ano-anong banat na kesyo hindi na marginalized ang Akbayan at overrepresented ito sa pamahalaan.
Natuwa kami sa katangahang ipinakita ng Makabayan Party lalo na ng Kabataan Party sa pagpupumilit nitong sa party list ang marginalized ay ang partido at hindi ang mga kinakatawan ng partido.
Magkaiba naman talaga ang dalawa. At sa batas, hindi naman itinuturing na marginalized ang mga partido kungdi ang mga kinakatawan ng partido. Pero bago maiba ang usapang bote-garapa, bumalik tayo sa kwentuhan sa "bullying".Dahil kung paano ipinagpilitan at pinahababa ng Makabayan syndicate ang usapang marginalized at overrepresentaed ang Akbayan, biglang nagsalita si Makabayan president Satur Ocampo sa isang panel discussion sa ANC na hindi puwedeng ma-disqualify ang Akbayan.
Dahil dito, dumadagundong at mala-joker na tawanan ang maririning sa "recycling" plant.
Sa diskusyong pinamahalaan ni Lynda Jumilla at dinaluhan din ni Akbayan nominee Barry Gutierrez sumang-ayon si Satur kay Barry na hindi puwedeng ma-disqualify ang Akbayan dahil kinakatawan nito ang mga marginalized sa bansa.
Pagkaraan ng usapan sa ANC, napansin naming mga Taong Grasa na parang tumigil ang Makabayan sa pag-asinta sa Akbayan. Nawalan kami ng puwedeng pag-usapan. Medyo tumahimik sa "recycling" plant dahil walang mapag-usapan maliban sa The Walking Dead at The Arrow.
Pero biglang sumulpot ang banat ng Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) sa website nito at ang nilalaman ay halos kinopya sa artikulo ni Bobby Tiglao, dating CPP member at naging tagapagsalita ng nakakulong na dating pangulong si Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Biglang kaming natigil sa pag-"collate" ng aming nire-"recycle".
Aba hindi na pala biruan ang nangyayari sa Makabayan at Akbayan. Seryoso na ito.
Mantakin mong pumasok na ang CPP.
Ang tanong ng isang kapwa Taong Grasa ay "Kasunod na kaya rito ang pagpasok ng New People's Army?"
Kilala naman ng karamihang Taong Grasa at pangkaraniwang Pilipino na ang New People's Army ang hit squad ng CPP.
Syet na malagket, kung hindi makakaya sa pambu-"bully", dadaanin kaya ng Makabayan at CPP sa mala-"zombie" na diskarte ang laban kontra Akbayan?
Hintayin natin ang susunod na kabanta, nagiging madrama na ang usapin at kaming mga Taong Grasa ayaw namin ng drama. Madrama na nga ang buhay, pati ba naman pulitika, madrama pa rin. Dapat comedy lang.
Update:
Bilang sagot sa banat ng CCP, este CPP, naglabas ng statement ang Akbayan Party.
Leading to 2013 polls, CPP preparing new round of witch-hunts against Akbayan and other progressives
- Category: Press Releases
- Published on Thursday, 15 November 2012 13:32
We express alarm over a November 7, 2012 article of Ang Bayan (http://www.philippinerevolution.net/publications/ang_bayan/20121107/akbayan-is-aquino-s-puppet), the official publication of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) wherein it branded Akbayan as an “active partner” of the government in the implementation of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’s Oplan Bayanihan against its military wing, the New People’s Army (NPA).
We categorically deny this accusation. Akbayan is a political party which aspires to be a major vehicle for the projection and pursuit of a progressive reform agenda. It is currently engaged in parliamentary work as one of its many platforms to transform the dominant practice of personality-and-patronage-based politics. It has no ties whatsoever to any state or non-state armed group. In fact, Akbayan has a strong position against human rights abuses committed by both state and non-state armed elements.
The CPP’s renewed attack against Akbayan is nothing but a witch-hunt. Like any witch-hunt, it is using hysteria, unscrupulous vilification and outlandish insinuations to those who would be deceived to lynch and kill the intended victim. History will point us to the atrocious character of this act. Witch-hunts have always been initiated by groups and institutions that believe they have a monopoly of truth targeting those that differ from their views. The CPP’s latest tirade against Akbayan is no different.
We categorically deny this accusation. Akbayan is a political party which aspires to be a major vehicle for the projection and pursuit of a progressive reform agenda. It is currently engaged in parliamentary work as one of its many platforms to transform the dominant practice of personality-and-patronage-based politics. It has no ties whatsoever to any state or non-state armed group. In fact, Akbayan has a strong position against human rights abuses committed by both state and non-state armed elements.
The CPP’s renewed attack against Akbayan is nothing but a witch-hunt. Like any witch-hunt, it is using hysteria, unscrupulous vilification and outlandish insinuations to those who would be deceived to lynch and kill the intended victim. History will point us to the atrocious character of this act. Witch-hunts have always been initiated by groups and institutions that believe they have a monopoly of truth targeting those that differ from their views. The CPP’s latest tirade against Akbayan is no different.
The CPP's new round of witch-hunts are bound to endanger the lives of Akbayan members and other progressives belonging to people's organizations, NGOs and other left groups which differ with the CPP and its allied organizations on political principles, strategies and methods. By accusing Akbayan of being an “active partner” of the government in its military operations against its ranks, the CPP is virtually stating that Akbayan is a legitimate military target of its armed wing.
This is not the first time that the CPP has tagged Akbayan as an “enemy” of its “armed revolution.” In 2005, the CPP released a hitlist containing the names of what it deemed as “counterrevolutionaries” and “class enemies.” Among those in the list were Akbayan Representative Walden Bello, current Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairperson Etta Rosales, former Akbayan President Ricardo Reyes and Akbayan leaders Nathan Quimpo and Sixto Carlos. Thus far, three other progressive personalities who were part of the “diagram” were already killed.
The CPP’s witch-hunt is also bound to harm the legitimate struggles and other activities being pursued by progressives and their organizations. As shown by events of previous years, similar CPP witch-hunts were taken advantage of by landlords, warlords, corrupt and abusive politicians to unleash their goons to harass, harm, and even kill peasant, labor, community and LGU leaders who belong to progressive organizations with different orientation from those of the CPP and its allied organizations.
Furthermore, it also gives military and police personnel with fascist orientation to foment bloody intrigues within the progressive community. Lest we forget, during the reign of the previous government, Arroyo’s military leadership blamed the wave of extra-judicial killings of many activists to the CPP and other left groups.
Hence, the CPP’s witch-hunts are an aggravating factor to the political violence committed against the broad progressive community. Not discounting the fact that its renewed attacks against Akbayan coincides with a malicious disqualification campaign mounted by certain groups against the political party; this becomes more perilous as we fast approach the midterm elections this 2013. If the CPP’s increasing hostile behavior remains unchallenged, it could signal the intensification of attacks against Akbayan and other left forces outside the CPP from political denigration to physical harm. The CPP’s witch-hunt will certainly contribute in the escalation of political violence that comes with the elections.
In this regard, we call on all the social movements and progressive leaders and members of the churches, media, the professions, business and government to express their grave concern and to demand from the CPP and their allied organizations to stop their acts which are inimical to building and expanding the solidarity of the people's movements for social, political and economic change.
We also urge the public to join the broad progressive community in expressing its grave concern concerning the CPP’s actions that serve as an obstruction to the people’s aspiration for genuine social change. On our part, Akbayan will continue with its efforts to push for meaningful reforms. One of the best responses to attacks mounted against the forces of change is to further deepen reforms inside and outside the government and to succeed in our collective endeavor in mainstreaming progressive and democratic politics in our country. ###
This is not the first time that the CPP has tagged Akbayan as an “enemy” of its “armed revolution.” In 2005, the CPP released a hitlist containing the names of what it deemed as “counterrevolutionaries” and “class enemies.” Among those in the list were Akbayan Representative Walden Bello, current Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairperson Etta Rosales, former Akbayan President Ricardo Reyes and Akbayan leaders Nathan Quimpo and Sixto Carlos. Thus far, three other progressive personalities who were part of the “diagram” were already killed.
The CPP’s witch-hunt is also bound to harm the legitimate struggles and other activities being pursued by progressives and their organizations. As shown by events of previous years, similar CPP witch-hunts were taken advantage of by landlords, warlords, corrupt and abusive politicians to unleash their goons to harass, harm, and even kill peasant, labor, community and LGU leaders who belong to progressive organizations with different orientation from those of the CPP and its allied organizations.
Furthermore, it also gives military and police personnel with fascist orientation to foment bloody intrigues within the progressive community. Lest we forget, during the reign of the previous government, Arroyo’s military leadership blamed the wave of extra-judicial killings of many activists to the CPP and other left groups.
Hence, the CPP’s witch-hunts are an aggravating factor to the political violence committed against the broad progressive community. Not discounting the fact that its renewed attacks against Akbayan coincides with a malicious disqualification campaign mounted by certain groups against the political party; this becomes more perilous as we fast approach the midterm elections this 2013. If the CPP’s increasing hostile behavior remains unchallenged, it could signal the intensification of attacks against Akbayan and other left forces outside the CPP from political denigration to physical harm. The CPP’s witch-hunt will certainly contribute in the escalation of political violence that comes with the elections.
In this regard, we call on all the social movements and progressive leaders and members of the churches, media, the professions, business and government to express their grave concern and to demand from the CPP and their allied organizations to stop their acts which are inimical to building and expanding the solidarity of the people's movements for social, political and economic change.
We also urge the public to join the broad progressive community in expressing its grave concern concerning the CPP’s actions that serve as an obstruction to the people’s aspiration for genuine social change. On our part, Akbayan will continue with its efforts to push for meaningful reforms. One of the best responses to attacks mounted against the forces of change is to further deepen reforms inside and outside the government and to succeed in our collective endeavor in mainstreaming progressive and democratic politics in our country. ###
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