Who’s Killing Who?

By 1Lt. MARIO JOSE M. CHICO, (QMS) PA
November 28, 2006

When someone was killed, expect the legal fronts of the CPP-NPA-NDF such as KARAPATAN, BAYAN, and the likes to immediately point their accusing fingers to the military as the culprit. We cannot blame them from doing so simply because that is what they are tasked to do as instructed by the hierarchy of the communist terrorist movement. This is being done in order to blame and subsequently discredit our democratic government in the wake of the senseless killings taking place in our society nowadays.

But really, who’s killing who?

Let me discuss some salient points embedded in every action that occur in our society hoping that it will give us a better point of view in assessing what or whose group to blame. First, who benefits from the pointless killings of people, be it identified with the left, center, or right. Secondly, let us take a more conscious look into the organizations being singled out as perpetrators. And lastly, what we should do in order to prevent such thing to happen.

The legal fronts of the communists automatically blame the military organization whenever a personality identified with the left was killed. We should ask, what will the military gain in doing so? The Philippine Army’s dictum is “Winning the Hearts and Minds of the Populace”. In doing so, we have been doing the best we can, with all the available resources we have, in order to bring the soldiers closer to the people. Activities like Medical/Dental Civac, Livelihood trainings, infrastructure developments are but just some of the many community development projects that the Army has been undertaking in coordination with the concerned government agencies, LGUs and NGOs.  And if ever the Army will engage itself in the senseless killings, for sure we will never gain anything.

And so, who’s benefiting from the killings? Politically, it is very obvious that the CPP-NPA-NDF has been benefiting a lot via their legal fronts. They have issues to exploit, media-hyped publicity, and a lot of propaganda mileage.

Organizationally, the CPP-NPA-NDF had established its Armadong Yunit Partisano (Armed Partisan Unit) or popularly known in the eighties as the dreaded “Sparrow Unit”. Its mission is very specific, to kill! It is created purposely to murder military personnel and counter-revolutionaries. We have a long list of killings perpetrated by the said communist unit but one thing is certain, KARAPATAN (or KATUNGOD-SB) does not have them on their list of alleged 783 ‘political killings’ that the said group has recorded since 2001. Moreso, this alleged “Human Rights Activist group” does not even lift a finger to denounce the senseless, ruthless killings perpetrated by CPP-NPA-NDF. Not to mention further the numerous ‘Mass Graves” wickedly designed by the communist terrorist as part of their ‘Cleansing Drive”.

During the eighties, the communist terrorist movement has done their ‘Cleansing operations’ in the form of Mass Graves. How do they do it nowadays? Are they just pricking the nose and ears of their comrades suspected of being a spy? Or if their members committed grave offense, how do they impose punishments in their so-called revolutionary justice? By means of push-ups?

Come to think of it.  What if the killings of personalities aligned with the left is the “Modern Way” of instilling revolutionary justice? It is like hitting two birds in just one stone. Imposing revolutionary punishment for the offenders, and using the issue by blaming the government for the kill!

These senseless killings must be stopped. Revolutionary Justice is but a sham! Our society should not tolerate such barbaric way of imposing justice. We have our justice system and all we need is to help let the system work. We should all take an active stance in denouncing the killings perpetrated by the CPP-NPA-NDF assassins!

Every Filipino should be extra vigilant to report suspicious looking personalities in your area. You can do so by texting 0918-4446533 / 0917-6207663. By your vigilance, we can prevent crime before it will happen. A vigilant community is a home of peace loving populace. Let’s do our share!