The 54th founding anniversary of the communist New People’s Army prompted a war of words between both sides of the conflict. | JEMendozaINQ
The CPP, while stressing that the AFP’s encirclement campaigns “largely failed to attain its declared objective” of crushing the NPA, admitted that some regions or guerrilla fronts suffered from losses or significant setbacks “due to internal weaknesses and shortcomings.”
On the other hand, AFP spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar said the NPA has no reason to celebrate its founding anniversary. “Communist Insurgency is [nearing] its end. With few remaining of its hardcores and deceived supporters, the CPP could hardly find a reason to celebrate the 54th founding anniversary of the NPA,” AFP spokesperson Medel Aguilar said in a statement.Aguilar also said the CPP should accept its “irrelevance”, other than the fact that the communist movement made the government realize its shortcomings.
“The most difficult challenge and a bitter pill to swallow is the realization of the CPP of its irrelevance in the life of the Filipino people. “As a consolation, the party can partly take credit in making the government realize its shortfalls in governance, particularly in the delivery of basic services, and in pushing it to do more and serve its people better.The official said if the CPP wants to survive, it has to disband the NPA “and submit to the will of the Filipino people.”One of the world’s longest standing communist armed rebellion, the NPA was established on March 29, 1969.
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