Filipinos are still “Pacientes” under the rotten Regime of Aquino

Press Statement

Vince Casilihan, Spokesperson

July 28, 2014

Filipinos are still “Pacientes” under the rotten Regime of Aquino

Filipinos are still Pacientes of the rotten political system in Philippines with continues treatment of dosage of neo-liberal and neo-colonial policy scheme after President Benigno Aquino III again disclosed his neo liberal import dependent, export oriented projects during the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 28.

The summation of his SONA speaks the consistency of the Aquino administration to promote neo-liberal economy and justification of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) for the interest of its benefactors and foreign investors.

Instead of opposing the Supreme Court again, the president asked for a 2.606 trillion proposed budget for 2015 to fund his anti-people projects. He did not recognize the critics of his administration.

No concrete data or barometer that the inclusive growth of Filipino community really prospers. The positive audit rating mentioned by the President does not assure that it is beneficial to the masses but only state that the country is positive for foreign investment.

With the Pork Barrel King Noynoy Aquino at the forefront of corruption, his regime babbles on the deceitful “Matuwid na Daan” rhetoric in order to conceal their theft. Subsidized by public funds, Aquino the Lord of Thieves employs his Public Relations experts with the exclusive task of distorting the truth and depicting him as the “Nemesis of Corruption” in the face of glaring evidences of his theft and crookedness in government.

The Training-for-Work Scholarship Program of TESDA received DAP fund of 1.6 billion pesos. The government claimed it had 146,731 graduates out of 223,615 beneficiaries. Remember that it only generates skills trainings and manpower for the benefit of the multinational corporations. What we need is to develop national industrialization that boosts the full capacity of the student to help its own country.

The President proudly asserted the modernization of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). There were brand new 8 Sokol Combat Utility Helicopters, 3 Agusta Westland-109 helicopters, first landing craft utility ship, 4 refurbished UH-1 helicopters, 2 navy cutter, 2 from 12 of FA-50 lead-in fighter trainer jets 8 Bell combat utility helicopters, 2 anti-submarine helicopters, 10 Agusta Westland-109 helicopters, 2 light-lift aircraft, 3 medium-lift aircraft, radar system, 17 refurbished UH-1 helicopters, M4 assault rifles and 50,629 units of M4. However the AFP modernization only aims for the internal security or the counter insurgency program.

Worst, Aquino’s regime intensifies militarization as its fundamental buttress in perpetuating power. Generals of the Armed Forces of the Philippines likewise bloat with the people’s money in exchange for their compliance in the armed suppression of the people’s resistance. AFP’s attacks on the lives and livelihoods of the people in the name of Oplan Bayanihan has the ultimate goal of quelling the people’s militant fight and keeping Aquino and his class in power. More human rights are violated.

The Aquino Administration already closed its doors to resume peace talks after mentioning to the public the arrest of two communist leaders last March 2014. He then proudly stated that peace already normalize in 13 provinces that was surged by NPA.

With that, BS Aquino did not intend to disclose human rights report to the public. The president did not condemn the human rights violators under former Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and even the perpetuators under the agencies of his administration. 

Under Aquino’s four years in power, Karapatan-Bicol has documented 1, 424 cases of human rights violations in the region. These violations have attacked 16, 232 individuals, 50 of whom are victims of extrajudicial killings.

Most human violations are rampant to those peasants. They were deprived by the right to claim for genuine land reform. Instead of food security, they eyed for food import as an answer. Support services of the government in agricultural sector were not clear instead they are asserting to pass the 2-year extended implementation of CARPER.

The people must impeach, forced to resign, denounce and fight the US-Aquino regime in its all-out sponsorship of the rotten political system which spawns corruption, deceives the people with the lies of “Matuwid na Daan”. The transformation he keep on asserting under his administration aims for full neo-colonial and neo-liberal policy that must put to end! ###