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USA/Philippines: Why Should The USA Trust Someone Like Manny Villar? He's The Obvious 'Red Capitalist' Candidate
Date Posted: Tuesday 09-Mar-2010[If someone like him wins in becoming the Philippines' President...kiss freedom in the Philippines good bye. Beacause it seems here Filipino Communists are not interested in promoting a free society.
Oh, and this exerpt from the artile exposes how Communist parties are literally run like a typical mafia would run things! Say, don't these Filipino Communists have allies in the USA such as in the Workers' World Party? They whine about how the current Filipino government is basiaclly a dictatorship...but when they buy out political parties in this behavior. It seems it's okay to have the best democracy money can buy...so long as Communists are the only ones doing it. Lone Wolf.]
"Form of extortion
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has slammed the reported NPA practice.
“The ‘permit to campaign scheme’ which, in plain language, is a form of extortion being perpetrated by the New People’s Army and other non-state actors, is repugnant in all possible ways to (the) valued human rights principles and standards, not only of candidates and political parties, but of the individual voters as well,” the CHR said in an advisory.
“This practice arrogates to the requiring group the powers rightfully belonging to the people and lawfully designated authorities. It disregards the rule of law, and scoffs at the principles of free, fair and genuine elections,” it said.
The report quoted by Sarmiento came from the Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research (PIPVTR), a group composed of experts and academics studying political violence and terrorism and their implications on the country’s security.
According to the report, communist rebels raised P1.5 billion during the 2004 elections and P2 billion in the 2007 elections from the permit-to-campaign fees."
Source Url: http://politics.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&article=20100310-257745
Posted By: Lone Wolf
*AfricanCrisis Volunteer*
(Middle East/Terrorism/Communist Specialist)
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