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PRESS RELEASE
Information Bureau
Communist Party of the Philippines
Proposed nat'l ID, part of Arroyo reign extension and heightened fascism scheme--CPP
January 8, 2008
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today denounced
Malaca�ang and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for reviving
plans to establish a "national ID system" saying this is "part and
parcel of the preparations for Gloria Arroyo to extend her rule and
intensify her fascist policies."
CPP spokesperson Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal said "the
establishment of a national ID system is a major ingredient in Arroyo's
fascist plans to quell resistance and force through an extension of her
grip on power beyond 2010. In the hands of Arroyo's fascist officials,
it will be used to put the population under a police state-to control
the people's movements, curtail their fundamental democratic and civil
rights, and institute a reign of terror."
"In conjunction with the Human Security Act (HSA), Arroyo's
planned national ID system will be used to intensify state terrorism
and suppress the people's resistance to Arroyo's recoronation as soon
as her present illegitimate term ends in 2010," added Rosal. "Arroyo's
security, military and police officials plan to use the national ID
system in the same way that the cedula system was used by the Spanish
colonizers to oppress the Filipino people."
Rosal belittled the AFP's claims that the national ID system
will be an effective instrument in stopping the growth of the
revolutionary armed movement. "It will only be effective in harassing
the people, making their living, livelihood and travel difficult, and
angering them. Like the Filipino people's hatred of the Spanish-era
cedula, the people's hatred of the national ID system, once
implemented, will only result in their heightened support of the armed
revolution and intensified resistance to the reactionary state's
fascist rule."
"With a rotten, puppet, increasingly fascist Arroyo regime
continuing to force itself at the helm of the defunct reactionary
state, more and more people are being convinced to join the New
People's Army and help the revolutionary armed struggle as the most
effective way of putting an end to the terrorist state and the whole of
the rotten ruling system."
Rosal urged the progressive and democratic forces, the broad
anti-Arroyo opposition and the entire Filipino people to vigorously
resist the plan to institute a national ID system. "The revolutionary
armed forces and mass movement will carry out more and more blows
against the fascist pillars of the Arroyo regime to help frustrate
Arroyo's scheme to cling to power beyond 2010."
Reference:
Marco Valbuena
Media Officer
Cellphone Numbers: 09179776392 :: 09282242061
E-mail:[email protected]
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