Events of August 21 and August 23, 1971
"Treading the path of military dictatorship" � CPP

Basahin ang artikulong ito sa Pilipino

Three days after the heinous Plaza Miranda massacre and the day after the widespread dawn raids on the headquarters and the mass arrests of leaders of, legal democratic mass organizations that were conducted along with the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, the Party immediately condemned these incidents in the strongest possible terms. Following are excerpts from the CPP statement on August 24, 1971:

"We unite with all patriotic and progressive forces against Marcos terrorist repression"

"The Communist Party of the Philippines, on its own and in behalf of the New People's Army it leads, declares its strongest indignation over the massacre that took place in Plaza Miranda on August 21 that ended in the death and injury of many persons, including the leadership of the Liberal Party.

"This heinous act was focused not only on the Liberal Party but on all opposition and the entire Filipino people. The US-Marcos clique's terrorist nature and mad scheming are sufficiently proven not only by this latest massacre and other previous massacres but by the baseless suspension of the writ of habeas corpus nationwide. There is no doubt that the fascist Marcos clique is hellbent on monopolizing political power through militarist, anticommunist and anti-democratic means.

"The US-Marcos clique continues to tread along the path of military dictatorship against the broad masses of the people. We are now witness to the imposition of open militarist rule. The US-Marcos regime is using all methods it could cull from Hitler's black book to create anticommunist hysteria, silence any kind of opposition and monopolize political power through the gun..

"The US-Marcos clique unhesitatingly condemns Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought in proclaiming the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. In this regard, we invite everyone to study the works of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao Zedong for them to discover by themselves whether or not these great communist leaders would allow terrorist bombings. We Filipino Communists are bound by Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought and constantly rely on arousing and mobilizing the people in their millions.

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"The Communist Party of the Philippines, along with the New People's Army, firmly refuse to be led on by the enemy's provocations such as kidnappings, assassinations, intimidation and bloody dispersals of rallies in urban areas. This is because we are thoroughly developing the strike movement and the new democratic cultural revolution. In the countryside, we wage armed struggle. We always deal merciless blows only on notorious enemy forces."

31 July 2001
English Edition

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