Use of the terrorist NPA to scare Palparan hit

By ANAD Partylist
February 9, 2012

QUEZON CITY  –  “Malacañang’s call for retired Gen. Jovito Palparan to surrender rather than get caught by Maoist terrorist NPAs smacks of impropriety and against the moral fibers and sensibilities of peace and freedom loving Filipinos as it vividly shows the undeclared working relation between government and the Maoist terrorist CPP-NPA-NDF, a violent and inhuman enemy of the state!”

ANAD Rep. Jun Alcover issued this statement in reaction to media reports quoting Presidential deputy spokesperson Abigail Valte saying “. . . surrendering to authorities would be Palparan’s better option rather than be tried by the NPA’s Peoples Court.” (pp 6, Manila Bulletin, 2/08/12)

“In effect, government has abrogated its responsibility and legitimate function, to enforce the law on Palparan, to this particular enemy of the state when it used the NPA’s to frighten so as to force Palparan to surface,” said Rep. Alcover.

“What is the legal basis of Ms. Valte’s statement? Has government already extended the mantle of legitimacy on the Maoist terrorist CPP-NPA-NDF?” he asked.

Rep. Alcover expressed dismay on the temerity of some Palace officials, particularly the alter egos of the President, to issue statements that tend to put government in bad light. “Using the terrorist NPA to scare Palparan is Malacañang’s admission that indeed they’re helpless and have miserably failed in hunting down Gen. Palparan,” he pointed out.

Reminiscing the fact that the Maoist terrorist NPA in the Visayas issued a shoot-to-kill order against him, Rep. Alcover said that the communist’s ‘Kangaroo’ Peoples Court tried him in absentia immediately handed down their death sentence in 1986 amidst the peace negotiations then between the government and the Maoist communist terrorists.

“Until now the very same NPA order still holds and they’re still vigorously pursuing to kill me! But my faith in the Almighty and our free and democratic government remains supreme. The communists, particularly the NPAs, cannot do anything for as long government stands fully committed to uphold the rule of law. In this case and like Palparan, the government should be hunting the NPAs down for despicable crimes committed against humanity and government. However, it would be another story and totally different if government chooses to dance the tango with the enemies of the state! This is what we should be guarding against,” said Rep. Alcover.

“Absurd and unthinkable is the manner in which government is using the enemy of the state against her own people, more so against Gen. Palparan who has offered more than half of his life in the service of our country through the highly regarded profession of arms,” the sole pro-democracy solon emphasized.

“Again, I hope that President Aquino III shall whip up his team of spin masters so as not to further embarrass the government,” he added.