Rep. Alcover warns against committing political suicide

By ANAD
December 13, 2010

QUEZON CITY  –  “Government stands to lose and nothing to gain.” This is the message of ANAD Partylist Rep. Jun Alcover in his privilege speech during the plenary session of the House of Representatives today, as he warned government to be cautious in dealing with the Maoist terrorists in order to stave off committing political suicide.

Rep. Alcover issued this statement in the light of the Maoist terrorist’s over zealousness to restart the often-stalled peace talk with the government. “ANAD is very much concerned about these coming peace talks because in the more than 20 years past, the Maoist terrorist CPP-NPA-NDF has not shown even an iota of sincerity and commitment to reach out for peace,” Rep. Alcover explained.

He pointed out that the Maoist terrorists don’t believe in the peace talks. Quoting Jose Ma. Sison and Luis Jalandoni, Rep. Alcover said that in many speeches and interviews the two had in Europe, “They were quoted by media as saying that peace talks are an unavoidable necessity to advance the revolution.”

“In fact, Mao Ze Dung stressed that ‘Peace will only come after the revolution’ and ‘A revolution is not a dinner party or a picnic but a violent overthrow of the system’ which has been the guiding principle of the 42 years of Maoist terrorism in the country,” he explained.

Reacting to a recent statement by Jose Ma. Sison, as published in nationally circulated newspapers, (pp4, Manila Bulletin, December 7) (pp.4, Manila Bulletin, December 7, 2010), “. . .  If the peace talks proved to be successful. . . . If the CPP-NPA-NDF struggle becomes successful, or if a regime sympathetic to the communist cause assumes power (like that of Hugo Chaves of Venezuela)”, Rep. Alcover said, “These shows that Sison and his gang of hoodlums are not serious in talking peace with the government. There is bereft of any sincerity and commitment which they have expressed in the past,” he added.

He reiterated his call on government to demand from the Maoist CPP-NPA-NDF that: a) the CPP-Central Committee issue a written appointment and authority to whoever shall head the maoist negotiating body; b) the Maoist terrorist NPA must surrender their firearms and return to the respective enclaves during the talks; c) Jose Ma. Sison must stop pretending that he is only the chief political consultant of the NDFP; and d) they must submit to the government the names of those who will be named NDF consultants to the peace talks before the start of the formal talks, for the issuance of safe conduct passes.

“This is to preclude the same abuses and exploitation by the Maoist terrorist that happened during the previous peace talks covering some 20 years already. They must contribute their share of confidence building measures to show their sincerity and commitment towards achieving peace,” he stressed.