{UAH} Fwd: FW: [angbayan_updates_English] NPA warns of more operations in Agusan vs. abusers of revolutionary policies on environment, ancestral domain

FYI: On Agrarian reform in the Philippines.

Please note the land question in the Philippines is a class question
and is being fought on that basis, unlike in Uganda where the class
differences between peasants and land-lords are blurred and only
intermittently break into the open as is seen in Kayunga and the
through the actions of Idah Nantaba. In the Philippines, the peasants
are pitted in a violent confrontation with land-lords (feudal and
semi-feudal) and big agri-corporations. The big difference is that the
Filipino peasants, since the end of World War One,have had their own
army, independent of the national army. In many parts of the country,
they have established a PEOPLES REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.
In this government, they have abolished the equivalent of the mailo
system that the colonialists forced on Ugandan peasants and have also
abolished usury (busullo). It is a very serious crime to levy or
collect bubullo from peasants and many land-lords who refuse to
cooperate with the agrarian reform programme imposed by the communists
are chased away and banned from the villages for anything up to 10
years; the stubborn ones who resist are meted sterner sentences.



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Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 16:28:02 +0800
Subject: [angbayan_updates_English] NPA warns of more operations in
Agusan vs. abusers of revolutionary policies on environment, ancestral
domain







NPA warns of more operations in Agusan vs. abusers of revolutionary
policies on environment, ancestral domain

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Aris Francisco
Spokesperson
NPA Comval-North Davao-South Agusan Sub-region Sub-regional Command


August 23, 2013



More punitive actions shall be meted out by the New People's Army to
the reactionary armed forces and capitalist invaders in Loreto and
other towns in Agusan del Sur to defend the masses from encroachment,
human rights atrocities and dislocation.

It is only proper and rightful on the part of the Lumad Manobos and
peasant masses to stand up and defend themselves against the onslaught
of landgrabbing and plunder of their ancestral lands. That they shield
their families from the abuses of the Philippine Army and evacuate to
safer sanctuaries like Davao City reflect their independent tenacity
and militant struggle to defend what is rightly theirs. As they expose
the gross neglect and reactionary stance of civilian authorities like
Gov. Eddiebong Plaza and Mayor Dario Otaza, they are rightfully
holding the latter accountable for the torture, intimidation, and
reign of terror perpetrated by the enemy.

While the peasant masses and national minorities struggle to defend
their ancestral domain, Red fighters are determined to raise its
capability to launch more and bigger tactical offensives against the
enemies of the people.

Operatives belonging to the Comval North Davao South Agusan Sub
regional Command-NPA have launched series of ambuscades against
elements of the 26th Infantry Battalion and the 76th IB under the 4th
Infantry Division-AFP since July to punish them for serving as goons
to Loreto Mayor Otaza and his capitalist masters. The punitive
actions, in the form of command detonated explosions and sniping
operations have yielded to date 27 casualties in the Philippine Army
and bagani paramilitary forces.

On July 27, the NPA harassed a team of soldiers in Binucayan, Sitio
Onion twice during dawn time and in the afternoon; 2 soldiers
belonging to the 76th IB and one paramilitary bagani were killed. On
August 1, the NPA ambushed using a capto explosive in Barangay Pangkat
hitting a military truck km40, killing four and wounding eight
elements of the 26th IB. Since July 28 to August 7 in Brgy. Sabud
Mansanitas, the soldiers were sniped by the NPA seven times wherein
four 26th IB soldiers were killed and two were wounded. On August 8 at
6am, the NPA ambushed the 26th IB soldiers in Barangay Kauswagan,
killing five and wounding one.

The NPA abides with the strict command and regulations of the People's
Democratic Government to thwart any AFP unit from entering guerrilla
zones and prevent these troops from spewing tyranny and committing the
worse forms of atrocities to the people. Red fighters follows orders
to seize all opportunities in order to mete out blows against the
fascist troops and punish them for bringing in companies that violate
the policies and laws of the revolutionary government. The NPA
undertakes punitive operations against notorious enemy elements,
despotic businessmen and landlords, and known civilian assets—some of
whom are under cover of business or government entities.

The entry of palm oil and large-scale mining companies in Loreto
violates the policies set forth by the revolutionary government on
environmental protection, against plunder of the country's remaining
natural resources and defense of ancestral territories. It directly
contravenes the land reform program of the People's Democratic
Government.

As peasants and Lumads wallow in abject poverty in Loreto and other
towns in Agusan del Sur, capitalists are salivating over its untapped
resources for palm oil and mining wealth. The world's leading palm oil
magnate New British Palm Oil Limited is eyeing 36,000 hectares
covering 11 villages in Loreto. Last year, individual agents for
bugang and biofuel investors have approached Lumads and attempt to
obtain their ancestral lands. The sharks offered to rent out ancestral
lands for a fee of P35,000 for every hectare, covering a period of 25
years. Simple math would show that the lowly peasant or Lumad owner
would only earn P1,400 a year or a measly P117 a month or P4 a day.

The masses are not fooled and can see through these wildly
exploitative schemes. They, who have suffered from Typhoon Pablo and
the continuing neglect of the US-Aquino regime, realize that these
quick-money maneuvers are hugely disadvantageous. They realize that no
genuine development can be had by the biofuel, palm oil plantations,
nor in natural gas mining—projects that are heavily endorsed by the
local reactionary government.

Indeed, true development is only within reach for the thousands of
peasants in Loreto and in the countryside under the agrarian
revolution program of the People's Democratic Government. The NPA
intensifies the armed struggle as the people advance the agrarian
revolution. It is in direct contrast to the military's so-called peace
and development programs and the local government's red carpet
treatment for capitalist investors.

Thus, it is only through the people's democratic revolution, not the
military's peace and development nor the pseudo development programs
of the local government that can truly change the lives of peasants
and Lumads in Loreto and elsewhere in the countryside.

The main content of the revolution is the fulfillment of the peasants'
demand for land and eradication of feudal and semi-feudal
exploitation. Drastically reducing land rent, eliminating usury, free
distribution of land and promoting productive cooperation-—these are
activities that the 26th IB and 76th IB, paramilitary and the local
reactionary government cannot surely do. Letting peasant associations
function as cooperatives and mutual aid groups and permitting peasants
to freely develop their own farms while cultivating communal farms are
alien concepts in the so-called peace and development program of Oplan
Bayanihan.

Thus, any pledge on the part of the military and the local reactionary
bureaucracy in Agusan to give the peasants peace would merely be
deceptive. The military and Mayor Otaza are intent in dismantling
people's organizations and structures that protect and serve the
interest of the masses. Mayor Otaza himself has vowed to destroy the
farms of the masses and wipe out the NPA during his term. In the face
of an extremely militarist and arrogant bureaucracy, and by further
exploiting and oppressing the masses, the reactionary state merely
foment people's resistance and revolutionary tide.

(sgd.) Aris Francisco
Spokesperson
Comval North Davao South Agusan Sub Regional Command



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