Ten points of action for the armed personnel of the reactionary state to advance their welfare and the people's interests

Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal
Spokesperson
Communist Party of the Philippines
November 14, 2004

Establish clandestine and open organizations within the AFP and PNP. Ordinary soldiers and police personnel and junior officers may unite on the basis of common grievances against the oppression of top military and police generals.

Take action to defend the democratic rights and welfare of ordinary soldiers and police personnel, including among others, their right to just wages, pensions, efficient health services and housing. Expose and oppose corruption. Utilize all opportunities for expression, like calling radio stations and writing letters to the editors of print media. Launch peaceful and collective actions within and outside camps and precincts.

Deepen your understanding on the AFP's situation and that of the entire military organization. Study the history of the AFP as an instrument organized by US imperialism to suppress the struggle of the Filipino people and as an instrument that is continuously used to suppress the people's struggle.

Unite with the Filipino people's struggle. Support the people's struggle against corruption, militarism and foreign intervention. Link your grievances and those of your families with the Filipino people's widespread clamor against the rotten government and the oppressive and exploitative social system.

Initiate progressive studies and discussions on Philippine history and the country's present situation. Reproduce and distribute progressive reading materials. We urge you to study the national-democratic revolutionary program of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines and the program of the Communist Party of the Philippines.

Disobey your superior officers' illegal and antipeople orders, including warrantless searches of peasant communities, illegal arrests, torture, raining bombs and bullets on civilians and other orders that harm the people and violate their democratic rights. Study the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) which was duly signed by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front. Daringly expose and oppose human rights violations.

Block military operations against the people and the revolutionary forces. Oppose orders that call on you to march blindy into war. During encounters, we urge you to immediately call for a ceasefire and surrender your firearms to the NPA. Defending a rotten organization and system isn't worth your life. Keep your families in mind. The NPA will respect your rights and you will be justly treated in line with international humanitarian law and the rules of war.

Abandon the reactionary AFP and live as ordinary civilians. This is better than to continue serving the rotten puppet and reactionary AFP. If you live within a guerrilla zone, the revolutionary organizations may help you find alternative livelihood.

Clandestinely maintain links with the revolutionary movement. Advance the Lt. Crispin Tagamolila Movement within the AFP and PNP. You can provide firearms, ammunition and other war materiel to the NPA, provide necessary information on AFP troop movements or perform other revolutionary tasks.

Join the revolutionary movement. In the final analysis, your problems are linked to those of the Filipino people and will only be resolved decisively through revolutionary change. You may join the NPA or units of the people's militia and participate directly in the Filipino people's revolutionary armed struggle.