CPP: Condemn presence of US troops in counterinsurgency ops in Aurora and Quezon
We hereby share a statement by the Communist Party of the Philippines published in the Philippine Revolution Web Central.
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns the US-Marcos regime for gross violations of Philippine sovereignty in allowing American troops to join counter-guerrilla operations in Aurora and Quezon provinces over the past week.
According to field reports from local units of the New People’s Army (NPA), American soldiers were seen together with troops of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) conducting “clearing operations” Sitio Singawan, Barangay Umiray in Dingalan, Aurora in the first week of April. These operations cover wide interior areas from Dingalan to General Tinio in Nueva Ecija, causing grave hardships for local residents who have been prohibited from working on their fields and swidden farms.
A few days ago, American soldiers were sighted by local residents joining AFP troops conducting counterinsurgency patrol operations in various towns in Quezon province including Lopez, Gumaca, Macalelon, General Luna and Catanauan.
The direct involvement of American soldiers in local counter-guerrilla operations of the reactionary armed forces is a brazen violation of Philippine sovereignty, and a dangerous escalation of US military intervention in the country’s internal affairs and domestic conflict.
Marcos and his officials must be condemned for allowing Philippine sovereignty to be trampled with impunity by the US military right inside Philippine territory. They are quick to denounce China for its increasing presence in the South China Sea and the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, but are timid when giant American warships sail through the country’s territorial waters and inter-island channels.
The Filipino people must demand a stop to US meddling, which in the past has led to full-scale military interventions such as during the wars in Korea and Vietnam. We call on the Filipino people to expose and condemn the US government and military for stoking local counterinsurgency operations against patriotic forces, and for continuing to supply the Marcos fascist regime with weapons, fighter jets and 500-lb bombs used to terrorize the Filipino people.
