Archive of Statements

NPA ready to counter abusive anti-peace AFP offensives
March 14, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

The New People’s Army (NPA) welcomes and supports the March 12 Joint Statement issued by the GRP and NDFP negotiating panels declaring a continuation of peace negotiations. The National Operations Command (NOC) awaits instructions from the central leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on the matter of the reinstatement of the unilateral […]

Duterte's aerial bombing order disregards people's lives--CPP
March 10, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

(Press Release) The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today denounced GRP President Rodrigo Duterte for his “total contempt of lives of civilian people’s lives who he callously considers mere ‘collateral damage’ in ordering the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to employ all its assets in an “anything goes” campaign to drop bombs and […]

Negotiations for bilateral ceasefire can proceed
February 18, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

If GRP President Durterte decides to send his negotiating panel and emissaries to the upcoming scheduled talks between the ceasefire committees, negotiations for a bilateral ceasefire agreement can proceed as scheduled on February 22-27 in The Netherlands. To ensure success of the negotiations, the GRP can help facilitate the travel of the NDFP’s ceasefire committee […]

On the AFP-reported "ambush" in Surigao
February 17, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

There was no NPA attack last February 15 against an AFP-escorted relief operations in Barangay Linunggaman, San Francisco, Surigao del Norte. The reports coming from the AFP are highly dubious. The spokesmen of the AFP are weaveing such false reports to deceive the public and disparage the NPA which had earlier unilaterally declared a ceasefire […]

Protest crackdown, "all-out war" against activists and civilians--CPP
February 15, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

(Press Release) The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today called on the Filipino people to protest the police and military crackdown after at least 19 individuals, mostly activists as well as civilians, who were arrested in Metro Manila and other parts of the country in a span of just one week since the Duterte […]

Heighten armed resistance against the Duterte regime’s all-out war
February 11, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

Starting today, the Unilateral Declaration of Interim Ceasefire is now completely terminated. All NPA commands and territorial units, as well as people’s militia and self defense units, can now take the full initiative to defend the people and advance their interests, especially in the face of the declaration of all-out war of the Duterte regime. […]

Condemn Duterte’s arbitrary termination of GRP-NDFP peace negotiations and declaration of all-out war
February 08, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) joins the Filipino people in condemning GRP President Rodrigo Duterte for arbitrarily terminating the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations. Duterte has gone berserk and upturned the entire peace process facilitated by the Royal Norweigian Government. He has wasted the achievements attained in peace talks over the past few months. He […]

The Filipino people demand just peace through negotiations and people's war
February 06, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) joins the Filipino people in rejecting the declaration the other night of GRP President Rodrigo Duterte that he will terminate peace negotiations between the GRP and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and that he is dissolving his negotiating panel. Having not received any formal notice […]

Makatarungang kapayapaan sa pamamagitan ng negosasyon at digmang bayan
February 06, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

Itinatakwil ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP) at sambayanang Pilipino ang deklarasyon ni Presidente Duterte ng GRP noong Enero 4 na tatapusin na niya ang negosasyong pangkapayapaan ng GRP at National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) at na nilulusaw na niya ang kanyang panel sa negosasyon. Habang walang pormal na pabatid ng pagtatapos mula […]

On Duterte's refusal to release political detainees and withdraw armed troops from barrios
February 03, 2017 | Communist Party of the Philippines | CPP Information Bureau |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today and the Filipino revolutionary forces are extremely discontented over Duterte’s refusal to stand by ohis commitment to release all political prisoners. The GRP president claims he will be killed by the military if he does so. Duterte’s statements does not bode well for the possibility of preempting […]