{UAH} KA PARAGO (LEONCIO PITAO): RED COMMANDER: ATTENTION COMRADE ROBUKUI
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Comrade Robukui,
I just heard about the death of this Filipino Red Commander Leoncio
Pitao, best known as Ka Parago. Apparently, he was killed by the
fascist army sometime in June while recieving medical treatment for a
number of ailments.
I met Pitao in 1989 in Mindanao as he was a very close associate of my
late wife and sometimes used to take refuge in our house when the army
and military intelligence were after him. Like the generation of my
wife, he joined the people's army at University at a very young age
and I am not surprised that he spent a whole 37 years of his adult
life fighting for the communist cause in the Philippinnes. He had
risen to become the Commanader of the NPA Southern Brigade in
Mindanao, which includes Davao City, the third City of the Philippines
with a population of about 20 million people. He was also on the
Central Committee of the Communist Party. He is one of the best
military strategists the NPA has produced.
The Southern Mindanao Front remains the strongest front of the NPA
and serves as the main base for the National Democratic Front. Pitao
and his front played a very key role in the 1980's when the NPA was
under severe military pressure and was on the verge of military
defeat. The NPA established its first bases in Luzon island in the
north, and in the early days followed the military doctrine of
Chairman Mao's Red Army of establishing a central base area in Henan,
and then using it to expand nationwide. But in the late 1970's the
dictator Fredinand Marcos, with help from the CIA, had succeeded in
sorrounding all of the main bases of the NPA in Luzon and was
subjecting them to a campaign of constriction and suppression. It was
only a matter of time before he would achieve total military victory.
It was at this time of peril that the leadership came up with an
intellectual and thorough dialectical analysis of the armed struggle
and the way forward. Written by Professor Jose Maria Sison, the book,
SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR PEOPLE'S WAR (SCPW or Specific)
changed the entire dynamic of the war and saved the Philippines
revolution. It is also one of the greatest books ever written on
military doctrine by an inteelctual directly engaged in the
revolutionary struggle itsel. Sison called for a departure from
Mao's military strategies. He argued against the etsablishment of a
central base area, as Mao had done in Henan, as it would not succeed
in the Philippines because the island is archipelagic and it is
possible for Marcos to cordon off an entire island and strangulate it
by a policy of military suppression and economic blockade. Sison
argued for the establishment of multiple base areas in order to
relieve pressure from the NPA units in Luzon, many of which had been
completely sorrounded by Marcos and were being subjected to daily
bombings and straffing. So in the late 1970's and early 1980's many
NPA cadres began to move out of Luzon, spreading to the southern parts
of the archipelago. Pitao and hundreds of other young cadres moved
down south to Mindanao and started revolutionary activity there. The
NPA took root so fast in Mindanao, almost like wildfire. The fascist
army was forced, just within a matter of two years, to shift most of
its materiel and soldiers away from Luzon to Mindanao. To date,
Mindanao remains the main centre of NPA activity. Pitao played a very
key role in this massive expansion of the peoples' army. For someone
who wielded so much power and influence in Mindanao and in Philippines
politics, Pitao was also a very simple person. He was a communist and
died as a communist. It is no surpise that over 12,000 people in
Mindanao turned up for his funeral, even under war time conditions and
state of emergency. Thats the high esteem with which the people of
Mindanao and all Filipino reolutionaries held him.He is one of the
greatest men I have had the fortune to meet in my lifetime. His
memory will live with me for the rest of my life time.
George Okello
Ka Parago remained strong and vigilant under no less than five
reactionary regimes
June 29, 2015
NDFP National Democratic Front of the Philippines EN PDF, Resize
text: A+ A- Reset New People's Army
Regional Command
Southern Mindanao
June 29, 2015
Press Statement
The Southern Mindanao Regional Command of the New People's Army and
the entire revolutionary forces express their deepest most profound
salute to a great leader and warrior, Ka Parago or Leoncio Pitao who
was killed in a raid together with guerrilla medic Ka Kyle on June 28,
2015 at 2:30 pm in Barangay Panalum, Paquibato district, Davao City.
Ka Parago was being treated for his diabetes, hyperthyroidism and
hepatitis when the raiding team composed of the 6th Scout Ranger
Company, 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion under the 1st Scout Ranger
Regiment peppered him with bullets. Ka Kyle or Vanessa Limpag who was
nursing Ka Parago had already raised her arms, shouting that she was a
medic, when she too was razed to the ground by the military. She died
instantly.
The Philippine Army must be very proud and happy to have killed a very
sick man and an unarmed medic. They have no regard at all for the
rules of engagement under the protocols of war as specified in the
Geneva Convention and the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human
Rights and International Humanitarian Law. They kill with impunity.
Ka Parago had served the national democratic revolution for close to
37 years. He spent the greater part of his adult life serving the
people, in unstinting dedication to the cause of national democracy.
As a Red commander, he led and trained so many young warriors in the
art of guerrilla warfare.
From the countless disarming operations in the 1980s and 1990s to the
capture of General Obillo and Capt. Montealto in 1999 to the raid of
Davao Penal Colony and the countless tactical offensives mounted by
the Pulang Bagani Company.
Ka Parago remained strong and vigilant under no less than five
reactionary regimes, from the Marcos dictatorship to the current
US-Aquino regime.
When he was detained in 1999 and the enemy offered him so much "reward
money," he never turned his back to the people and the revolution. He
remained stalwart in his convictions and ever faithful to the
communist spirit of defending the security of the revolutionary forces
and the interest of the people.
Even when he was grieving and agonizing over the tragic death of his
daughter Rebelyn who was raped and killed by military intelligence
operatives in 2009, Ka Parago exercised political wisdom.
The people in Southern Mindanao remember him as their most beloved son
who was always at their side, ready to help them solve their problems-
-so unlike the AFP generals who do nothing but attack and burden the
people.
He lived very simply. He was the exact opposite of the corrupt
generals of the AFP. Ka Parago's spartan life became an enduring
example for every revolutionary who knew him or worked with him. As a
matter of fact, for many years since the onset of his illness, he
declined the Party's offer of a sick leave. All he wanted to his last
dying breath was to live with the masses and to serve them.
Long live the revolution! Long live the masses! These were the last
defiant words uttered by Ka Parago—words that reverberate throughout
the entire archipelago.
Truly he lives in the hearts of the people as we honor his death.
Thousands of young revolutionaries who have been inspired by this
great guerrilla warrior now follow in his footsteps. The masses and
the comrades grieve his death, yes, but they turn his grief to greater
revolutionary fervor as the people's war goes on.
(sgd.) Rigoberto F. Sanchez
Spokesperson
Southern Mindanao Regional Command
NPA honors Parago with 21-gun salute
NDFP National Democratic Front of the Philippines K
July 13, 2015. Published on Jul 13, 2015 A New People's Army unit in
the foothills of Mt Apo honored Leoncio "Commander Parago" Pitao with
a military parade and a 21-gun salute.
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I just heard about the death of this Filipino Red Commander Leoncio
Pitao, best known as Ka Parago. Apparently, he was killed by the
fascist army sometime in June while recieving medical treatment for a
number of ailments.
I met Pitao in 1989 in Mindanao as he was a very close associate of my
late wife and sometimes used to take refuge in our house when the army
and military intelligence were after him. Like the generation of my
wife, he joined the people's army at University at a very young age
and I am not surprised that he spent a whole 37 years of his adult
life fighting for the communist cause in the Philippinnes. He had
risen to become the Commanader of the NPA Southern Brigade in
Mindanao, which includes Davao City, the third City of the Philippines
with a population of about 20 million people. He was also on the
Central Committee of the Communist Party. He is one of the best
military strategists the NPA has produced.
The Southern Mindanao Front remains the strongest front of the NPA
and serves as the main base for the National Democratic Front. Pitao
and his front played a very key role in the 1980's when the NPA was
under severe military pressure and was on the verge of military
defeat. The NPA established its first bases in Luzon island in the
north, and in the early days followed the military doctrine of
Chairman Mao's Red Army of establishing a central base area in Henan,
and then using it to expand nationwide. But in the late 1970's the
dictator Fredinand Marcos, with help from the CIA, had succeeded in
sorrounding all of the main bases of the NPA in Luzon and was
subjecting them to a campaign of constriction and suppression. It was
only a matter of time before he would achieve total military victory.
It was at this time of peril that the leadership came up with an
intellectual and thorough dialectical analysis of the armed struggle
and the way forward. Written by Professor Jose Maria Sison, the book,
SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR PEOPLE'S WAR (SCPW or Specific)
changed the entire dynamic of the war and saved the Philippines
revolution. It is also one of the greatest books ever written on
military doctrine by an inteelctual directly engaged in the
revolutionary struggle itsel. Sison called for a departure from
Mao's military strategies. He argued against the etsablishment of a
central base area, as Mao had done in Henan, as it would not succeed
in the Philippines because the island is archipelagic and it is
possible for Marcos to cordon off an entire island and strangulate it
by a policy of military suppression and economic blockade. Sison
argued for the establishment of multiple base areas in order to
relieve pressure from the NPA units in Luzon, many of which had been
completely sorrounded by Marcos and were being subjected to daily
bombings and straffing. So in the late 1970's and early 1980's many
NPA cadres began to move out of Luzon, spreading to the southern parts
of the archipelago. Pitao and hundreds of other young cadres moved
down south to Mindanao and started revolutionary activity there. The
NPA took root so fast in Mindanao, almost like wildfire. The fascist
army was forced, just within a matter of two years, to shift most of
its materiel and soldiers away from Luzon to Mindanao. To date,
Mindanao remains the main centre of NPA activity. Pitao played a very
key role in this massive expansion of the peoples' army. For someone
who wielded so much power and influence in Mindanao and in Philippines
politics, Pitao was also a very simple person. He was a communist and
died as a communist. It is no surpise that over 12,000 people in
Mindanao turned up for his funeral, even under war time conditions and
state of emergency. Thats the high esteem with which the people of
Mindanao and all Filipino reolutionaries held him.He is one of the
greatest men I have had the fortune to meet in my lifetime. His
memory will live with me for the rest of my life time.
George Okello
Ka Parago remained strong and vigilant under no less than five
reactionary regimes
June 29, 2015
NDFP National Democratic Front of the Philippines EN PDF, Resize
text: A+ A- Reset New People's Army
Regional Command
Southern Mindanao
June 29, 2015
Press Statement
The Southern Mindanao Regional Command of the New People's Army and
the entire revolutionary forces express their deepest most profound
salute to a great leader and warrior, Ka Parago or Leoncio Pitao who
was killed in a raid together with guerrilla medic Ka Kyle on June 28,
2015 at 2:30 pm in Barangay Panalum, Paquibato district, Davao City.
Ka Parago was being treated for his diabetes, hyperthyroidism and
hepatitis when the raiding team composed of the 6th Scout Ranger
Company, 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion under the 1st Scout Ranger
Regiment peppered him with bullets. Ka Kyle or Vanessa Limpag who was
nursing Ka Parago had already raised her arms, shouting that she was a
medic, when she too was razed to the ground by the military. She died
instantly.
The Philippine Army must be very proud and happy to have killed a very
sick man and an unarmed medic. They have no regard at all for the
rules of engagement under the protocols of war as specified in the
Geneva Convention and the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human
Rights and International Humanitarian Law. They kill with impunity.
Ka Parago had served the national democratic revolution for close to
37 years. He spent the greater part of his adult life serving the
people, in unstinting dedication to the cause of national democracy.
As a Red commander, he led and trained so many young warriors in the
art of guerrilla warfare.
From the countless disarming operations in the 1980s and 1990s to the
capture of General Obillo and Capt. Montealto in 1999 to the raid of
Davao Penal Colony and the countless tactical offensives mounted by
the Pulang Bagani Company.
Ka Parago remained strong and vigilant under no less than five
reactionary regimes, from the Marcos dictatorship to the current
US-Aquino regime.
When he was detained in 1999 and the enemy offered him so much "reward
money," he never turned his back to the people and the revolution. He
remained stalwart in his convictions and ever faithful to the
communist spirit of defending the security of the revolutionary forces
and the interest of the people.
Even when he was grieving and agonizing over the tragic death of his
daughter Rebelyn who was raped and killed by military intelligence
operatives in 2009, Ka Parago exercised political wisdom.
The people in Southern Mindanao remember him as their most beloved son
who was always at their side, ready to help them solve their problems-
-so unlike the AFP generals who do nothing but attack and burden the
people.
He lived very simply. He was the exact opposite of the corrupt
generals of the AFP. Ka Parago's spartan life became an enduring
example for every revolutionary who knew him or worked with him. As a
matter of fact, for many years since the onset of his illness, he
declined the Party's offer of a sick leave. All he wanted to his last
dying breath was to live with the masses and to serve them.
Long live the revolution! Long live the masses! These were the last
defiant words uttered by Ka Parago—words that reverberate throughout
the entire archipelago.
Truly he lives in the hearts of the people as we honor his death.
Thousands of young revolutionaries who have been inspired by this
great guerrilla warrior now follow in his footsteps. The masses and
the comrades grieve his death, yes, but they turn his grief to greater
revolutionary fervor as the people's war goes on.
(sgd.) Rigoberto F. Sanchez
Spokesperson
Southern Mindanao Regional Command
NPA honors Parago with 21-gun salute
NDFP National Democratic Front of the Philippines K
July 13, 2015. Published on Jul 13, 2015 A New People's Army unit in
the foothills of Mt Apo honored Leoncio "Commander Parago" Pitao with
a military parade and a 21-gun salute.
--
Disclaimer:Everyone posting to this Forum bears the sole responsibility for any legal consequences of his or her postings, and hence statements and facts must be presented responsibly. Your continued membership signifies that you agree to this disclaimer and pledge to abide by our Rules and Guidelines.To unsubscribe from this group, send email to: ugandans-at-heart+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com or Abbey Semuwemba at: abbeysemuwemba@gmail.com.
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