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Joma Sison favors Villar over Noynoy
abs-cbnNEWS.com
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/04/11/10/joma-sison-favors-villar-over-noynoy-report
11 April 2010 10:43 PM
MANILA, Philippines - The founder of the reorganized Communist Party of
the Philippines believes Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Manny Villar has
a relatively better program of government compared to his rival, Liberal
Party presidential candidate Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III.
In an interview [12] with D.L. Mondelo of Bulatlat.com, CPP founder Jose
Ma. Sison lamented that Villar's programs have been underplayed during
the presidential campaign. He said that among Villar's programs are "land
reform and self-reliant food production, expansion of local manufacturing
to generate employment, support for small and middle entrepreneurs,
peace negotiations, review of the Visiting Forces Agreement, respect
for human rights and indemnification of the victims of human rights
violations and independent foreign policy."
On the other hand, he lambasted Aquino and his running mate, Mar
Roxas, as "rabid exponents of the US-dictated policy of neoliberal globalization,
which has put the Philippine economy in severe crisis and is inflicting terrible
suffering on the people."
Sison said Aquino would probably follow the example set by his mother,
the late president Cory Aquino, by paying lip service to land reform "but
will actually prevent it in so many clever ways."
"In the particular case of Hacienda Luisita, he will insist on the scam or
swindle called the stock distribution option in order to prevent land reform.
He promises a clean and honest government but the Kamag-Anak, Inc.
and other vested interests are financing his campaign and are prepared
to collect the spoils of bureaucrat capitalism and subservience to foreign
economic interests," he said.
Sison also noted that Villar seemed to be more amenable to reviving
peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front. He said Aquino
would probably get advice from former senator Wigberto Taņada and
Quezon 4th District Rep. Lorenzo Taņada on the matter of peace
negotiations. He warned, however, that some elements in the Aquino
camp are "rabid anti-communists and pseudo-progressives who will
advise Aquino to pretend being for peace negotiations as a way of
deceiving the people."
The CPP founder also defended the inclusion of Bayan Muna Rep.
Satur Ocampo and Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza as guest senatorial candidates
of Villar's Nacionalista Party. The alliance has put Sison and Maza on
the same slate as Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., son of the late
strongman Ferdinand Marcos.
Sison said Ocampo and Liza threatened to withdraw from the NP slate
after learning that the NP would forge an alliance with Marcos and his
political party, Kilusang Bagong Lipunan.
"They were satisfied only after Villar publicly clarified that they were
not compromised as guest candidates in the senatorial slate by the
inclusion of Bongbong as another guest candidate and that the program
of the NP remains firm on respect for human rights and indemnification
of the victims of human rights violations during the Marcos regime," he
said.
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