transcript of the manifestation speech of Rep Jun Alcover of ANAD Partylist 27 May 2009

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REP. OCAMPO. ... to our new colleagues in the House,who have been issuing public statements denouncing us as supposed pseudo party-lists. They are bringing the ideological debate in this Chamber and we are ready for them. But they have not stood up here. They have been speaking out everywhere like what they are doing with these OBs. I beg excuse from my colleagues for being emotional about this thing. As head of the Bayan Muna, I feel so outraged that people, very honest workers of our
organizations, are being killed like that. And yet, the Armed Forces has the temerity to say that we are inventing these killings, that we are killing our own people to blame them. That is the height of distortion, the height of lying, and we
can understand that because the very head of this government is a liar.

REP. ALCOVER. Mme. Speaker.

REP. AGBAYANI. Mme. Speaker.

REP. CERILLES. Mme. Speaker.

REP. AGBAYANI. The Hon. Alcover would like to be recognized, Mme. Speaker.

REP. CERILLES. Mme. Speaker, may I come out with my manifestation.

REP. ALCOVER. This is a manifestation.

REP. AGBAYANI. The Hon. Alcover stood up first, Mme. Speaker.

REP. CERILLES. I was standing here all along before he stood up there.

REP. AGBAYANI. He was standing there, Mme. Speaker, before the Gentleman stood up. They will both have their chances, Mme. Speaker, but we are just honoring the order of battle.

REP. ALCOVER. Mme. Speaker.

THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Villarosa). The Hon. Alcover is recognized.

REP. ALCOVER. Gusto ko lang ma-emphasize dito at gusto ko lang ipaabot sa lahat na hindi ito pagdedepensa sa military. Kasi, I understand from the remark of the honorable Gentleman from Bayan Muna that they are being branded as communists by the military and this government. Mme. Speaker, I was once a member of the Communist
Party. I was once a member of the Maoist Communist Party in this country. I was recruited when I was still in high school and that was way back early ’69. I was detained and released from the stockade 10 years after. Mme. Speaker, sa sinasabi ng Bayan Muna Representative na sila raw ay palaging binabatikos, na sila ay mga pronta ng Communist Party, hindi nila masisisi ang gobyerno. Ang sisihin nila ay ang boss nila na si Jose Maria Sison. Because according to Jose Maria Sison, in his speech
in Brussels, Belgium on March 4, 1987, various forms of national democratic rganizations wage various forms of struggles. These are engaged in legal struggle and there are those who engage in armed revolution. Examples would be the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People’s Army and the National Democratic Front.
There are three processes by which the Philippine revolution is to be advanced. These include the building of the CPP, the building of the NPA and the building of the National Democratic Front. I believe this party-list headed by Congressman Satur Ocampo is part of the National Democratic Front. At any rate, even while there are forces of armed revolution, there are legal democratic forces in the Philippines, the biggest of these is the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, in short, Bayan. Its biggest component organizations are Kilusang Mayo Uno, which is the labor center; the Pambansang Kilusang Magbubukid or the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas or KMP; Gabriela; the Women’s Alliance; League of Filipino Students; Alliance of
Concerned Teachers; Kadena and so on. At the moment, the most consolidated expression of the National United Front is the underground. It is a united front for armed revolution and it is the NDF. The National United Front, however, is
not only for the purpose of armed struggle, it is also for legal struggle. There has to be a combination of the two forms of struggle. Ito ngayon, wala itong personalan.
Mme. Speaker, I am here to tell the truth because we graduated from the same university, the Maoist University. I graduated in Samar from this Maoist University. And the teaching of the Maoist is that you join the government to destroy the government; you use democracy to destroy democracy. That is why we believe that these Party-Lists Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, Gabriela and Kabataan are pseudo party-lists because they represent the violent sector in our society. They represent the manggugulo sa labas. Makikita naman ninyo kung ano ang ginagawa nila. So, I think it is high time for us to realize that they do not believe in this democracy. They are here to destroy us, to destroy this parliament. That is why ANAD Party-List is opposed to and will expose this Maoist in Congress. Because we cannot just
close our eyes seeing people killed. Masama sila, grabe sila. Kung mamatay iyong grupo nila, ang dada nila, ang ingay nila. Ngunit kung ang mga sundalo o mga civilians na kampi sa gobyerno ang pinapatay nila, wala silang sinasabi. Wala
sila. It is always all right. Look what happened to Congressman Garay, sinunog
iyong farm niya ng mga NPA. And Congressman Garay challenged the so-called progressive bloc to denounce what the NPA did to his farm. Did we hear something from the socalled progressive bloc? Mme. Speaker, ito ang itinuturo sa amin, huwag kayong tatanggap. Huwag ninyong tanggapin in public that you are a communist. Sabihin ninyo, kayo ay mga progresibo. Sabihin ninyo, kayo ay member ng National Democratic Front. Sabihin ninyo, kayo ay member ng National Democratic Activist, democratic movement. And they will never admit that they are communists. But now, I am challenging these four party-lists. I am challenging them to denounce communism, the violent Maoist communism in this country, and renounce their membership to the Communist Party. Because it is known to the public that Congressman Satur Ocampo was once the spokesman of the NDF. And the NDF is part of the machinery of the Maoist Communist Party. But do we hear from Congressman Satur Ocampo denouncing his membership with the Maoist Communist Party? So, if they want us to shake hands with them, then they have to denounce violence, they have to denounce the atrocities
committed by the terrorist communist party.

SUSPENSION OF SESSION

THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Villarosa). The session is suspended.

It was 8:03 p.m.

RESUMPTON OF SESSION
At 8:07 p.m., the session was resumed.

THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Villarosa). The session is resumed.The Floor Leader is recognized.

REP. AGBAYANI. Mme. Speaker, it is my understanding that the Hon. Alcover has ended his manifestation. I now move, Mme. Speaker, that we recognize the Hon. Tony Cerilles who is next in the order.

(Laughter)

REP. CERILLES. In the order of recognition, Mme. Speaker.

THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Villarosa). The Hon. Tony Cerilles is recognized. He may please proceed.

REP. CERILLES. Thank you, Mme. Speaker. I sympathize with my colleague, Congressman
Maglunsod, on his fear for his life that is why this Congress has to strengthen the justice system that we have. Because if we have a strong justice system, everybody can be protected. No country for that matter could come out with an honest-to-goodness development if we have a weak justice system. Mme. Speaker, it is high time we review our legislative agenda. If the judiciary, which is the prosecuting arm, the enforcement and all of these are calibrated, I am sure every Juan dela Cruz in this country would feel safe. It is funny to listen to and look at colleagues who belong to this Congress attacking agencies of this institution, with their lives being threatened. But I would challenge this Congress to use the power of the purse because that is the best weapon of the House of Representatives. Any agency, for that matter, would be asked by us, “Are you doing your job? Are you protecting
the people? Are you helping the Filipino people?” That should be the attitude of this Congress, Mme. Speaker, so that in the long run, we can make every Filipino feel safe especially the Members of Congress. Thank you, Mme. Speaker.

THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Villarosa). The Floor Leader is recognized.

REP. AGBAYANI. Mme. Speaker, the Honorable Liza Maza would like to be recognized.

THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Villarosa). The Honorable Liza Maza is recognized.

REP. MAZA. Thank you, Mme. Speaker. I would not have wanted to dignify the frothing-in-themouth manifestation of Mr. Alcover, but nevertheless I would like to manifest, Mme. Speaker, my dear colleagues, what Congressman Satur Ocampo had said earlier, na ito pong mga akusasyon na ito ay mga lumang tugtugin na, na laman ng kaso ng rebelyon na isinampa laban sa Batasan 5, kasama na si Congressman Crispin Beltran. Ang kaso pong ito ay dumaan sa proseso ng pagdinig hanggang sa Korte Suprema, at ang kaso na ito ay ibinasura ng Korte Suprema at kinastigo ng Korte Suprema ang Department of Justice, si Secretary Raul Gonzales, sa paggamit nito sa posisyon para magsampa ng gawa-gawang kaso laban kay Congressman Satur Ocampo, laban sa akin, laban
kay Congressman Teddy Casiño, laban kay Congressman Joel Virador, laban kay Congressman Crispin Beltran at laban kay Congressman Rafael Mariano. Itong mga sinasabi ni Congressman Alcover, kung siya ay hindi pa satisfied sa desisyon ng Korte Suprema ay kailangan niyang maghapag ng pruweba sa sinasabi niya na kami ay walang ginagawa na maganda sa Kongresong ito. Let him prove his accusation, Mme. Speaker, my dear colleagues; otherwise, if he cannot prove his accusation, then shut up and shut up now. Thank you, Mme. Speaker.

THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Villarosa). The Majority Leader is recognized.

ADJOURNMENT OF SESSION

REP. DEFENSOR (A.). Mme. Speaker, due to the lateness of the hour, I move that we adjourn the session until four o’clock tomorrow afternoon.

THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Rep. Villarosa). The session is adjourned until four o’clock tomorrow afternoon, May 28, 2009.

It was 8:12 p.m.