Under the Macapagal-Arroyo regime:
Estrada�s arrest is warmly welcomed by the people
Statement by Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal
National Spokesperson
Communist Party of the Philippines
April 26, 2001

Basahin ang artikulong ito sa Pilipino

The arrest and detention of Estrada is warmly welcomed by the revolutionary movement and Filipino people.

This is a victory of the broad democratic mass movement which did not end with the mere ouster of the Estrada regime. It has persisted in calling for the arrest, prosecution, trial and punishment of Estrada and his principal cohorts. This victory was attained despite the attempts by certain camps in the Macapagal-Arroyo regime to accommodate Estrada.

Estrada is now using all legal tactics to gain special privileges and concessions. We must frustrate all these, keep Estrada in jail and deny him the freedom to carry-out his covert maneuvers. The people�s militant actions will not stop until full justice is achieved for all victims of his regime.

There is need to expose the deception of the leaders of Estrada-funded groups. They employ the "poor vs. rich" demagoguery in order to foment trouble in the streets. Win over the people who are victims of this deception. It is important to expose Estrada�s crimes against the toiling people, especially his self-enrichment and implementation of pro-imperialist, anti-worker and anti-peasant economic policies.

The people also need to continue the militant struggle to have Estrada�s principal cohorts, who are currently being accommodated under the Macapagal-Arroyo regime, punished for plunder and other crimes. The struggle for the arrest, prosecution and punishment of the Marcoses should also be given attention once again.

In relation to this, the people will closely watch and guard the process of prosecuting and trying Estrada and his cohorts until they are punished. The people will oppose and condemn all compromises and accommodations granted these criminals that will allow them to go scot-free and defile the people�s call for justice.

If justice could not be carried out by the Macapagal-Arroyo regime, it will be achieved under the people�s democratic government.

April 2001
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