Reactionary Elections:
Military, RPA campaign against progressive parties

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The military and the bandit Revolutionary Proletarian Army (RPA) in Panay and Negros openly campaigned against Bayan Muna and other progressive parties, and likewise, against rival candidates of the Arroyo regime for congressional and local government posts.

A few days before the election, troops of the 47th IB were massively dispatched to areas considered as bailiwicks of progressive parties, especially in Iloilo. AFP Civil Relations Group chief Maj. Oscar Lasangue and Capt. Leon Marquez of the 47th IB openly campaigned against the progressives. Prior to this, there were reports that the RPA was actively campaigning against Bayan Muna and for Alab Katipunan which was also running in the party-list election as a front organization of the RPA. In March, the military accompanied members of the anti-communist Alliance for Nationalism and Democracy (ANAD) in putting up posters and distributing leaflets against Bayan Muna and other progressive parties.

From May 7 to 11, the 11th IB, 12th IB and 61st IB with the help of the RPA and two PNP provincial commands launched an extensive military operation. They concentrated on the fifth district of Negros Occidental, preventing the people from voting for progressive parties and coercing them to vote for Gloria Arroyo's brother-in-law Ignacio "Iggy" Arroyo.

21 May 2004
English Edition

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