By praising troops in the city; “Gloria is also responsible for their electioneering activities”

MANILA -- The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the
ANAKPAWIS party list group lambasted Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for
praising troops deployed in urban areas for a job well and for not
pulling them out immediately.
According to Ka Willy Marbella, internal deputy secretary general of
KMP and ANAKPAWIS party list nominee, "Gloria has once again shown her
mastery of double talk, she has been saying for almost a week now that
the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) should now draw their pull
out plans for the urban deployment but now she is praising these
soldiers for a job well done, making no mention of any such pull out,"
"Action really speaks louder than words and Gloria's duplicity has
again been exposed. Her overwhelming dependency upon the AFP is also
evident in this situation. Gloria would not do anything to displease
her loyal generals. They have her by the neck and she follows their
whim. Essentially she is a lame duck president when it comes to the
military apparatus, that is why no soldier has been punished for the
spate of extra-judicial killings and the "Butcher" former Major
General Jovito Palparan has not been charged yet and is even running
for Congress," said Marbella.
"Due to her praise for the urban deployment, our view that she has a
hand in the electioneering activities of these urban soldiers has been
further bolstered. A video showing these soldiers campaigning against
ANAKPAWIS, Bayan Muna, Gabriela Women's Party and even KMP has been
taken last March 7 in Parola, Tondo, now it is obvious that what they
are doing has Gloria's approval," added the peasant leader.
"Gloria's candidates and her presidency would be the ones that would
suffer because of these deployments the residents will exact their
revenge at the elections. They are being terrorized so they cannot
speak out, that is why they are coming to us, we are also calling on
other leaders and citizens especially the Catholic Bishop's Conference
of the Philippines (CBCP) to also lend their voices to the people to
combat the increasing militarization of our communities," ended
Marbella. # # #