NPA tactical offensives resume in Negros
The NPA in Negros greeted the new millennium by launching victorious tactical offensives against the fascist troops and armed goons of the reactionary enemy.
What the people and the revolutionary forces had long desired since 1994-1999 has been fulfilled!
On February 5, an NPA unit ambushed a soldier and six elements of the Civilian Armed Auxiliary (CAA) in Namolo 2, Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental at 5:15 in the afternoon. Killed were Cpl. Domingo Romero of the 11th IB and two elements of the CAA. One CAA was wounded and three were allowed to escape.
The enemy was taken by surprise and was unable to offer any resistance to the NPA. They were drunk while walking back from the gambling center from which they extorted money every Saturday while claiming to give it protection. Four M14 rifles and ammunition were confiscated in the 10-minute encounter.
The ambushed unit was part of a contingent of Philippine Army soldiers stationed at a detachment in Tilangkoy whose services were being used by warlords like Alfredo Montelibano Jr. Montelibano coddles the unit and uses it to terrorize the peasants in the area.
On January 11 at 11:30 in the morning, a guerrilla unit successfully disarmed private goons of the despotic landgrabber, Mr. Yap of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental.
The armed goons did not resist. One shotgun and four .38 revolvers were confiscated from them.
These victories show that only through armed struggle can we effectively resist the "peace" being imposed by the reactionaries.
In Negros, the reactionaries are represented foremost by the Cojuangco faction. The Cojuangco-Maranon-Zayco alliance under the United Negros Alliance in Negros Occidental and its co-conspirator Paras faction in Negros Oriental constitute an alliance of Marcos cronies, warlords and drug lords that aims to lord it over the local economy and politics. The promotion of the executioner-commander, Julius Javier as chief of the 3rd ID and his resumption of command of the criminal battalion 11th IB, complete the fascist politico-military machinery of the reactionaries aimed at prolonging the bloody history of the exploitation and oppression of the people of Negros. | These victories show that only through armed struggle can we effectively resist the "peace" being imposed by the reactionaries. |
It is correct for the broad masses to rejoice in the resumption of tactical offensives in Negros. It is time for the exploited and oppressed to demand payment from the reactionary diehards who have incurred blood debts, such as Cojuangco and other comprador-landlord Marcos cronies.
The resumption of tactical offensives is also a call to the members of the CAFGU and ordinary elements of the AFP-PNP to resign or secretly link with the NPA in order to extend covert assistance to the armed revolutionary movement.
We also call on the members of the RPM-RPA-ABB to repudiate and abandon the gangster Tabara-Calizo-de la Cruz-de los Reyes leadership, drinking partners of Estrada. Since 1993, they have abandoned the armed struggle and used their armed units as tools to conceal their counterrevolution.
Excerpts from a statement by Bayani Obrero of the NPA-"Boy" Gatmaitan Command, Negros Island, February 10, 2000
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