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Resignations of Defense secretary, AFP chief, 5 others

Resignations of Defense secretary, AFP chief, 5 others
pressed over Knowing the Enemy CD

The militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), one of militant groups listed in Knowing The Enemy document had sought the resignations of Defense Secretary Atty. Avelino “ Nonong” Cruz and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Efren Abu, together with five other government and military officials, whom they tagged as the brains behind the controversial military compact disc listing several organizations, including media and church groups as enemies of the state.

Aside from Secretary Cruz and AFP chief Abu, the five other government and military officials, which Pamalakaya wanted to quit their posts are Interior and Local Government Secretary Angelo Reyes, National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales, Isafp Chief Marlo Quevedo, Northern Luzon Command chief Lt. Gen. Romeo Dominguez and Brig. Gen. Jovito Palparan of the AFP Eastern Visayas Command.

“ This league of extra-ordinary fascists and first-rate militarist personnel of the Macapagal-Arroyo ruling syndicate in Malacañang is behind the production of this evil military document that is responsible for the left and right killings of activists and members of the media critical of the Arroyo government and the military establishment”, said Pamalakaya national chair Fernando Hicap.

A total of 29 activists belonging to militant party lists Bayan Muna and Anakpawis, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and affiliate organizations were summarily executed in the first quarter of 2005. Five other activists, including brothers Roger and Sergio Viray of Pamalakaya-Bulacan are still missing since February 12 this year.

“ The military CD Knowing the Enemy is now serving as AFP bible for government troops so that the soldiers would not miss their targets like progressive personalities and ordinary political activists, including media and church people openly criticizing anti-people state policies of Malacañang”, Hicap added.

Pamalakaya said the Knowing the Enemy CD presented to media last week looked like a watered down version of the controversial military document because the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), which was previously cited along with the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) and Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) as groups infiltrated or controlled by the CPP was eliminated from the list together with Bayan Muna, Anakpawis and allied militant groups.

Pamalakaya earlier said the document resembled like a hit list or a list of groups placed in the military’s order of battle because of their being too critical of the Macapagal-Arroyo administration and the military establishment, although the military denied that it was not and was only meant to warn organizations about the CPP plan to infiltrate their groups. #

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