The US-Arroyo regime is responsible for the death and damages caused by the war in Mindanao

Frank Fernandez
Spokesperson
NDF - Negros
September 05, 2008

Bacolod CIty---The people must concentrate their anger and condemnation on the US-Arroyo regime as directly responsible on the deaths and damages of the people in Mindanao caused by the escalation of the armed clashes between the AFP and the MILF.

The problem can be rooted to the US-dictated two pronged militarist policy of the regime which is the all-out war against the revolutionary movement led by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) while neutralizing the Moro seccessionist movement of the MILF thru a deceptive and bogus peace process to finish the revolutionary movement in 2010.

The militarist clique in the Arroyo regime never expected that the Memorandum of Agreement on the Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) will ignite the chaos and war in Mindanao. This secret and hasty deal resulted to violent reaction and opposition from the pro and anti-Arroyo reactionary camp and the fake president will even face impeachment because of violations of the constitution.

Arroyo got the worst fear of losing her warlord allies in Mindanao that helped her cheat the 2004 elections. Her ulterior motive of using the MOA-AD as a stepping stone for charter change (cha-cha) to remain in Malacanang was also exposed.

The MILF's disgust and anger have basis when it was proven that the Arroyo regime is not sincere in the peace talks and on the agreement on ancestral domain and instead used these as a trap to demobilized and surrender of MILF.

Through the help of the loyalists AFP generals of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States, they manipulate the incidents and the chaos in Mindanao for propaganda offensive to isolate the MILF.

Even the damages inflicted by the AFP against the people thru indiscriminate bombings, brutal killings and burning of houses of suspected MILF rebels and sympathizers were blamed on the MILF themselves to create public opinion to label the MILF as a "terrorist organization" and serve as the basis for the AFP's all-out war offensives.

The resurfacing of the armed fascist fanatic "Reformed Ilaga Movement" is part of the manipulation of the generals and the CIA and the local warlords in Mindanao like Pinoll and Lobregat.

This is their desperate plan because of the incapacity of the AFP and PNP in destroying the MILF and the movement for the self-determination of the Moro people and will serve as a training ground for the cadres of ILAGA in forming again the Pulahan, Greenan, Putian, Itoman against the NPA.

Eversince, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has showed that she is not interested in a just and lasting peace in Mindanao and the entire country. She promotes all-out war against the MILF and use this as a rallying point in uniting the reactionary classes including the AFP and PNP and in sidelining the real issue of corruption, political killings, illigitimacy, price increases, food crisis and other issues faced by the fake president.

Besides Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the United States is also responsible for the deaths and destruction not only against the people in Mindanao but on the entire people of the country victimized by Oplan Bantay Laya.

The policy implemented by the Arroyo regime in confronting the NPA and the MILF is based on the terrorist policy of Washington in launching a war against the revolutionary and anti-imperialist movements of the people.

US imperialism has a long history of intervention in the internal affairs of the country pertaining to economic, political and military matters to protect its interests in a country rich in oil, mineral and other natural resources.

Ka Frank Fernandez
NDF spokesperson
Negros Island