Even in his death, Jose Maria Sison, the founder and leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), one of the world’s most resilient and longest-running insurgencies, cannot be forgiven by the Department of National Defense (DND).
The military has been successful in decimating the rebel ranks but as long as the conditions for taking up arms remain, there will be no end to insurgency in the country.
Red tagging thrives when power does not reside in the people.
Military operations and the NTF-ELCAC’s red-tagging will not solve the problem.
Let’s stop scaring people of chaos, confusion, and destabilization. These political tactics and theatherics will not help the political process of clean, honest, and credible elections.