Attacks on progressive parties intensifying
Attacks by the Arroyo regime and fascists on progressive candidates and parties are intensifying as the election draws near.
On April 2, newly designated National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales recommended that Bayan Muna (BM) and five other progressive parties�Anakpawis, Gabriela Wonen's Party, Anak ng Bayan, Migrante and Suara Bangsamoro�be disqualified. He accused BM of giving over P500 million to the New People's Army (NPA). The reactionaries are afraid that if these parties are elected, they would constitute a significant bloc in congress and become a big obstacle to the pro-imperialist and anti-people policies of the puppet reactionary government.
Malaca�ang and the AFP's fabricated accusations merely send signals to the state�s butchers and other fascists to further their attacks on progressive candidates and parties. Up to 70 BM leaders and members have been killed since the party was established in 2001, aside from those who have been abducted, harmed and harassed. Military and paramilitary forces are the culprits behind these crimes.
Progressive candidates and parties have strongly assailed and belied Gonzales' allegations. They said that unlike the reactionary government that wastes the people's money, BM has funded hundreds of day care centers, schools, artesian wells and water systems, farm-to-market roads, bridges, clinics and other projects beneficial to the people.
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