Residents of the ARMM, the cities of Cotabato and Isabela decide at the polls on Monday whether to ratify the BOL, while residents of Lanao del Norte (except Iligan City) and six towns in Cotabato province vote on Feb. 6 to decide whether to join the BARMM

Those prominently opposed include the MNLF under the leadership of Nur Misuari, several sultans and government officials from the level of governor to mayor in Sulu, Lanao and Maguindanao provinces.

BAYAN is a major member organization of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS of which I am the Chairperson. However, I am not authorized to speak on its behalf. I can talk about its international workings only as an observer and admirer

All of these are being unleashed by Duterte under conditions that peace negotiations have not been resumed and have not progressed. So under the same conditions, the NPA and other revolutionary forces are doing their best to fight the Duterte regime as their enemy

We fervently urge Red youth in Germany to unite under the flag of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, and struggle for unity to contribute their utmost to the building of the revolutionary vanguard party of the proletariat and the resolute and militant mass movement for democracy and socialism

In the last quarter of 2017, Duterte’s highest military subordinates were claiming to be able to destroy the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) before the end of 2018. They have utterly failed.

The ILPS as a whole and all its components have reaped in the previous year victories in the anti-imperialist and democratic struggles in many countries and in all continents.

Within the year, the Duterte regime will further inflict grave social and economic suffering on the people and unleash mass murder and other human rights violations in a futile attempt to destroy the armed revolutionary movement and intimidate the people