The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), in its 57th anniversary statement, declared that the Marcos Jr. administration has failed to crush its armed revolution, citing what it described as “moderate successes” in its two‑year‑old third rectification movement.
The CPP said it continues to frustrate the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)’s focused military operations against the New People’s Army (NPA) while achieving gains in other revolutionary work.
“The Party perseveres because it possesses unwavering loyalty to proletarian ideology, principles and principles, and the determination forged in the fire to serve the people,” the CPP said.
Acknowledging “internal weaknesses,” the CPP nonetheless insisted that the NPA’s continuing armed struggle in various regions is “a big slap in the face of Marcos Jr.”
In his State of the Nation Address last July, Marcos Jr. declared that “there are no more guerrilla groups” in the country and ordered the military to prevent the NPA from forming new fronts.
The CPP countered that the NPA has implemented organizational and command adjustments that allow it to operate in wider areas and “move more quickly and more secretly.”
“The NPA has preserved its strength and has gradually expanded again. It has regained or returned to its previous bases, while expanding into new areas,” the Party reported.
“With determination to fight and active defense, the NPA has repelled and defeated enemy attacks. As a sign of recovery, some units have been able to launch small tactical offensives,” it added.
The CPP said its membership has strengthened since launching the rectification movement in December 2023.
“With the help of all revolutionary forces, the Party perseveres in strengthening itself to lead the people’s democratic movement through protracted people’s war,” it said in its official newsletter Ang Bayan.
“The Party is now well positioned to lead the broad masses of the people in all fields of struggle, primarily in the field of armed struggle,” it added.
The CPP credited its expansion campaign among emergent revolutionaries in both urban and rural mass movements, and urged members to persevere in building broad united fronts against the Marcos and Duterte factions in government “to expose them as the most reactionary and fascist representatives of the ruling system.” (RRN)
