Communist Party In The Philippines

According to Guerrero (1970), The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) was originally established in 1930 within the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas. Then, Sison (1989) narrated that ideological and political difference between the core leaders led to their expulsion and the re-establishment of CPP in 1968 and subsequently the mobilization of its military wing - the New People’s Army. Since then, the government of the Republic of the Philippines is dogged with communist insurgencies and despite the efforts of the Philippine Government through the counter-insurgency operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP); the communist insurgency threat persisted until today. The persistence of the communist insurgency can be realized through

This rallying call of the CPP movement has fueled the sentiments of the oppressed Filipino people. The oppressive economic and social condition of most of the population of the Filipino people especially in the rural areas pushed them to opt for joining the armed wing NPA in order to carry-out either the fight for the ideology or the fight to end the misery they suffer brought by the lack of basic services of the government especially in the far flung areas of the provinces in the country. Most in the rank-and-file who lives in the rural areas are motivated perhaps not by the ideology but by their sense of injustices. And as long as the Philippine government could not improve the socio-economic condition of most Filipinos, the CPP-NPA cadres will still continue to attract people to cry for the same cause. Extending basic government services in rural areas and efficient governance is very crucial and decisive in countering the ideological propaganda by the left and therefore eliminating the deception and recruitment base of the

The leaders both in national and local government plays a vital role in contributing to the existence of the communist insurgency. Since the insurgency aims at reshaping not only the economic and social but also the political structure of the government, the performance of the government is significant in addressing the insurgency. Corruption and inefficient governance have resulted to the loss of confidence of the people to the government giving the advantage to the communists in making the people believe that overthrowing the current incompetent system and replacing it with a new and more promising system as the way to improve the governance of the