#title:The AFP cannot fool the Cordillera people all the time<br>
@@@@@<h1>The AFP cannot fool the Cordillera people all the time</h1><!-- Cordillera People's Democratic Front, Simon "Ka Filiw" Naogsan Sr., Spokesperson, August 27, 2009 </em><br><br>
The deadline set for the Oplan Bantay Laya 2 to crush the armed revolution is nearing and yet the military have nothing to show as proof of their claimed victories. So they resort to their old trick of churning lies and greater lies. Recently, Lt. Leon Kigis, Civilian Military Operations (CMO) officer of the 503rd Bde, claimed that ten elements of the New Peoples Army in the Cordillera surrendered. This is yet another pathetic propaganda move to cover up realities on the ground.<br>
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Among the ten so-called surrenderees are former NPA guerillas who have left the revolutionary movement more than a decade ago. Some "surrenderees" are from an invented guerilla front in Apayao.<br>
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Psychological operations are extensively utilized by the military to camouflage the intensified militarization of the Cordillera, especially the mining areas. The efforts to show declining NPA strength in these areas are intended to project a secure investment climate and entice the entry of large-scale mining investors.<br>
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But who is really losing personnel? Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's allies abandoned her sinking ship in the wake of the latest scandals of gluttony and corruption that have assailed her, her family, and her administration. In the field, it is the reactionary armed forces which have suffered successive defeats and casualties in battles.<br>
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Demoralized soldiers have time and again raised complaints against their officers. CAFGU militiamen and enlisted men show no respect or even shoot their officers and abandon their posts. Military elements on combat operations complain of subsisting on an allocation of one can of sardines for several soldiers while their generals feast on expensive food bought by proceeds from corrupt and criminal activities. Soldier's families live in dilapidated housing while their generals corner the bulk of the AFP housing program for their mistresses and as apartments for rent. The lowly AFP and PNP foot soldiers know fully well that their superiors operate vast marijuana plantations in the Cordillera and other lucrative businesses. No amount of smear tactics can deodorize the stink in the reactionary military.<br>
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The Cordillera People's Democratic Front and the NPA continues to grow strong. Its growing membership will render inutile the blatant lies spread by the desperate AFP's psywar experts and lie mongers.<br>
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Rebolusyon Kayet!<br>
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