PRIVILEGE SPEECH
REP. PASTOR M. ALCOVER JR.
ANAD Partylist Representative
March 19, 2012
WHAT MUST WE DO?
INTRODUCTION:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HONORABLE MAJORITY FLOORLEADER.
MR. SPEAKER, THIS REPRESENTATION, RISES UP ON THE QUESTION OF PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE PRIVILEGE AS OUR COUNTRY’S PEACE IS CONSTANTLY ROCKED, SO TO SPEAK, BY VICIOUS ELEMENTS OUT TO DESTROY THE VERY FOUNDATIONS THAT OUR FREEDOMS AND DEMOCRATIC IDEALS ARE ANCHORED.
I SAY THIS, MR. SPEAKER AND ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES OF THIS AUGUST CHAMBER, BECAUSE THE VERY ANCHORS OF OUR DEMOCRACY IS CURRENLY BEING TESTED BY THE TENACITY OF MAOIST TERRORIST NEW PEOPLES ARMY TO WRECK HAVOC IN OUR COMUNITIES, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AS MANIFESTED BY THE MANY INCIDENCES OF ATTACKS THEY PERPETRATED AGAINST CIVILIAN AND GOVERNMENT TARGETS.
MR. SPEAKER, THIS ALONE HAS DEALT SEVERE BLOWS AGAINST OUR PEACE! MORE TELLING IS THE FACT THAT IN CONSPIRACY WITH THEIR POLITICAL GROUPS AND SECTORAL FRONT ORGANIZATIONS UNDER BAGONG ALYANSA MAKABAYAN (BAYAN) THAT ARE INTRICATELY WOVEN AND DEEPLY IMPLANTED IN OUR COMMUNITIES. MAOIST N-P-A WEREWOLVES OPENLY DEFIED LOGIC AND EXCESSIVELY ABUSED HUMAN FRAILTIES, ESPECIALLY THE UNDERPRIVILEGED FILIPINOS, IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. WORTH NOTING IS THE FACT THAT SOME OF THEM ARE HERE WITH US IN THIS CHAMBER RUBBING ELBOWS BUT ACTUALLY TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO DESTROY OUR GOVERNMENT USING THE VERY SAME GOVERNMENT RESOURCES THAT THEY’VE ENJOYED IN THE PAST, UNTIL NOW.
ALL OF US KNEW THAT IN THE IMMEDIATE PAST WEEKS, THE MAOIST TERRORIST NPAs HAVE METHODICALLY ATTACKED MILITARY, POLICE UNITS AND CIVILIANS AS WELL, EITHER THE VICTIMS WERE MOBILE OR JUST SIMPLY STAYING PUT IN STRATEGIC SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITIES, THUS SETTING ASIDE ALL OF THEIR CLAIMS, PRETENSIONS, AND DECLARATIONS AS PROTECTORS OF PEOPLES RIGHTS AND HUMAN LIFE!
MR. SPEAKER AND ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES, TREACHERY IS THE HALLMARK OF MAOIST TERRORISM! THIS PATTERN WAS USED AGAINST ANAD’S REGIONAL LEADER PATRICK WINIGER IN CENTRAL MINDANAO, FELLED BY AT LEAST 5 BULLETS FROM 2 NPA HITMEN WHILE BUYING DIFFERENT ITEMS IN A LOCAL MARKET IN KIDAPAWAN CITY, NORTH COTABATO, AT ABOUT 7:40AM OF MARCH 7, 2012 TO CELEBRATE THE 15TH BIRTHDAY OF HIS DAUGHTER. THUS IN THE COMING YEARS, HIS DAUGHTER WILL BE CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY ON THE SAME DAY THAT SHE WILL MARK THE DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF HER FATHER.
A-N-AD STRONGLY CONDEMN THE KILLING OF PATRICK WINIGER AS A DASTARD, INHUMAN, AND COWARDLY ACT PERPETRATED BY THE VIOLENT MAOIST TERRORISTS IN THE RUN-UP TOWARDS THEIR 43RD FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ON MARCH 29. SURELY AND ALWAYS, MR. SPEAKER, THEY DO CELEBRATE MAJOR ACTIVITIES WITH FILIPINO BLOOD SPILLED AROUND.
INDEED, WINIGER WAS A THORN AND BONE TO MAOIST TERRORISM’S ASPIRASTIONS BECAUSE OF HIS STRONG FAITH IN OUR CREATOR PLUS HIS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND LOYALTY TO THE DULY CONSTITUTED GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES. CONTRARY TO THE HIGHLY PREPOSTEROUS AND RIDICULOUS STORY WEAVED AND SPREAD BY THE MEDARDO ARCE COMMAND, NEW PEOPLES ARMY, IN SOUTHERN MINDANAO TO JUSTIFY THEIR KILLING OF WINIGER AND PAINT A BAD PICTURE OF THEIR VICTIM, A-N-A-D IS CATEGORICALLY WOULD SAY THAT PATRICK COULD NEVER BE BEHIND THE MURDER OF FATHER FAUSTO TENTORIO. INDEED THIS IS OUTRIGHT LIE!
TRUE ENOUGH, THEY CANNOT SWEET-TALK AND EVER WILL THEY SUCCEED IN THREATENING PATRICK WINIGER BECAUSE, AS A STAUNCH CHRISTIAN, HE CANNOT ACCEPT, MUCH LESS TOE THE LINE, THE VERY SAME THINGS THAT THE GODLESS, VIOLENT, AND INHUMAN MAOIST COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES-NEW PEOPLES ARMY-NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT IDEOLOGY HAS RAMMED ON THE THROATS, SO TO SPEAK, OF THOUSANDS OF FILIPINOS, PARTICULALY THOSE THAT THEY HARASSED AND INTIMIDATED IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.
MOREOVER, IN THE MANY YEARS OF HIS STAY IN MAKILALA, NORTH COTABATO, THE LATE PATRICK WINIGER WAS FORCED AND HEAVILY CARRIED THE BRUNT OF HIS FAMILY’S LOW DOWN AND HARDSHIPS IN LIFE BRUTALLY IMPOSED ON THEM BY THE VENOMOUS N-P-As, COVERING MORE THAN A DECADE.
WINIGER IS A FILIPINO-SWISS AND SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE HERE IN THE COUNTRY AND THUS HAS IMBIBED TRUE FILIPINO TRAITS, CULTURE, AND ACTIONS THAT WERE MORE UNDERSTOOD AND ACCEPTED BY THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF CENTRAL MINDANAO, PARTICULARLY IN THE COTABATO PROVINCES. THE KILLING OF PATRICK WINIGER WILL SURELY HAVE SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE OF THIS, THE PEACE LOVING PEOPLE OF NORTH COTABATO AND MINDANAO ARE ASKING – - -WHAT HAPPENED TO BAGONG ALYANSYA MAKABAYAN, KARAPATAN, GABRIELA, AND ALL OTHER MAOIST PSUEDO PARTYLIST GROUPS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE HERE IN THIS HALLOWED CHAMBER OF THE PEOPLES REPRESENTATIVES? YOUR SILENCE ON PATRICK WINIGER’S MURDER IS SO MUCH DEAFENING THAT PROVES ONLY ONE THING – - YOU ARE INDEED IN THE SAME BOAT WITH THE HEARTLESS MAOIST TERRORIST COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES-NEW PEOPLES ARMY. TRULY, IF YOU ARE NOT WITH THIS GODLESS AND VIOLENT GROUP, YOU ALREADY HAVE RAISED TO HIGH HEAVENS YOUR VOICES TO CONDEMN PATRICK WINIGER’S MURDER, IN THE SAME MANNER AS WHEN YOU RAISE ANTI-GOVERNMENT SLURS ACCUSING GOVERNMENT SECURITY FORCES IN THE ALLEGED KILLINGS OF YOUR PEERS BUT ACTUALLY ARE HANDYWORK OF YOUR COMRADES IN THE N-P-A!
MR. SPEAKER, AT THIS VERY MOMENT, PATRICK WINIGER HAS JOINED THE LONG LIST OF A-N-A-D OFFICERS AND MEN WHOSE LIVES WERE SNAPPED BY THE HEARTLESS N-P-A AND OFFERED IN THEIR SATANIC ALTAR OF THE MAOIST TERRORIST’S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION. NOTABLE AMONG THEM THAT WE LOST TO THE TREACHERY AND LEECH-LIKE HUMAN PREDATORS WERE: ATTY./DR. RIC NEPOMUCENO, ANAD’S REGIONAL LEADER IN BICOL AND HIS 4 COMPANIONS; A FORMER NPA LEADER IS EASTERN SAMAR, AUGUSTO ‘KA AGOY’ DACLITAN; BROADCASTERS LEO ENRIQUEZ AND NABING VELEZ IN CEBU CITY, AMONG OTHERS!
THE LIVES OF THE COUNTLESS A-N-A-D OFFICERS AND MEN TREACHEROUSLY AND VIOLENTLY MURDERED BY MAOIST TERRORIST GUNS AND BULLETS VIVIDLY TELLS US THAT TRULY THE MAOIST TERRORIST CPP-NPA-NDF ARE HOT ON OUR TRACKS AND TAILS. OUR WEAPON OF EDUCATING THE FILIPINOS ON THE FALLACIES, EVILS, AND LIES OF MAOIST TERRORIST DOGMA HAVE SINCE BEEN EFFECTIVE FOR IF IT WERE NOT, THEN THE BARKING DOGS OF MAO TSE TUNG, SATAN, AND JOSE MA. SISON WOULDN’T CARE LESS TO BELABOR IN FINDING US AND HIT US AT WILL.
BUT WHAT HAS GOVERNMENT DONE TO THE WELL-MEANING AND NON-VIOLENT ORGANIZATIONS AND PERSONALITIES, LIKE ANAD, WHO VOLUNTEERED AND WENT ALL OUT IN DEFENSE OF OUR FREEDOMS AND DEMOCRATIC IDEALS? SAD IS THE FACT THAT THIS QUESTION REMAINS UNANSWERED UNTIL TODAY, TRAVERSING MANY A PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS OF THIS COUNTRY.
MR. SPEAKER, IT IS OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT THE VIOLENT MAOIST TERRORIST NPAs ARE ON A RAMPAGE AND KILLING PEOPLE WITH IMPUNITY, IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. BUT, AS ALWAYS, GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE WAS THEIR DEAFENING SILENCE! IS THIS THE POLICY OF GOVERNMENT TO SAY NOTHING AND TO SEAL THEIR LIPS AND THOUGHTS ON THE INHUMANITY AND VIOLENCE COMMITTED BY MAOIST TERRORISM IN THE COUNTRY BUT RELENTLESSLY PURSUE LEGAL ACTIONS AGAINST ANYONE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THEY PERCIEVE AS THEIR ARCH-POLITICAL ENEMY, IN AN EFFORT TO CLEANSE GOVERNMENT FROM THE STINK AND DIRT OF GRAFT AND CORRUPTION ?
SERIOUSLY SPEAKING, A-N-A-D IS ENTERTAINING THE NOTION THAT PRESIDENT AQUINO III IS MISLED BY HIS POLITICAL AND PEACE ADVISERS, NAMELY: SEC. RONALD LLAMAS, SEC. TERESITA QUINTOS-DELES, AND OTHERS WHO HAVE HIS EARS ON IMPORTANT ISSUES SUCH AS THE SECURITY AND STABILITY OF OUR COUNTRY.
THEREFORE, THIS BRINGS TO THE FORE THE STALLED PEACE NEGOTIATIONS THAT HAS NOT BEEN MOVING, SINCE FEBRUARY 2011 BUT BACK- CHANNEL EFFORTS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND THE MAOIST TERRORIST ARE REPORTEDLY UNDERWAY TO PUT BACK ON TRACK, IF NOT SHORT-CIRCUIT, THE SUSPENDED PEACE TALKS. TO BE BLUNT ABOUT IT, THE ENTIRE EFFORTS OF GOVERNMENT WOULD BE MEANINGLESS AND BEARS NOTHING BECAUSE OF THE UNABATED AND PERVADING MAOIST TERRORISM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
BECAUSE OF THESE, THIS REPRESENTATION UNTIRINGLY RESTATES OUR CALL THAT GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY END THE PEACE TALKS THAT HAS BECOME USELESS AND SINCE HAS BEEN THE VEHICLE OF MAOIST TERRORISM TO OPPRESS, INTIMIDATE, EXPLOIT, AND FORCE OUR PEOPLE TO SUBMISSION.
ALSO, WE REITERATE OUR CALL ON PRESIDENT AQUINO III THAT INSTEAD OF THE PEACE TALKS, A TOTAL WASTE OF TAX PAYERS MONEY AND EFFORTS, THE MAGSAYSAY’S ‘CARROT AND STICK’ STRATEGY BE EMPLOYED TO SOLVE THE LONG-DRAWN MAOIST TERRORISM AND INSURGENCY.
TRULY, THE FULL FORCE OF THE LAW MUST BE APPLIED TO THOSE WHO STUBBORNLY REFUSE THE CALL OF GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, GOVERNMENT’S COMPASSION AND ASSISTANCE SHALL BE EXTENDED, WITHOUT DELAY, TO REBELS WHO DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE FOLDS OF GOVERNMENT AND LEAVE BEHIND THE LIFE OF A FUGITIVE! IN THIS CASE, LOOKING AFTER THE WELFARE OF REBEL RETURNESS SHALL SOLELY BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE THAT PRESIDENT AQUINO III SHALL CREATE.
MR. SPEAKER, THIS REPRESENTATION IS IN RECEIPT OF CREDIBLE INFORMATION THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ARE CONFUSED AS TO WHAT APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO IMPLEMENT IN THE FACE OF THE RAMPAGING MAOIST TERRORIST N-P-A AMIDST THE FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A FORMAL STATEMENT ON THESE INCIDENCES.
IT IS THE FIRM BELIEF OF THIS REPRESENTATION THAT THIS REPORTS, THOUGH SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION, MUST BE READILY ADDRESSED BY THE PRESIDENT TO PREVENT EMOTIONAL LOW-DOWNS AMONG THE MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR ARMED FORCES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. I AM AFRAID THAT GOVERNMENT’S CONTINUED SILENCE AND INACTION, SAVE FOR A FEW MOVES AND PRONOUNCEMENT TO ENGAGE AND GAIN MEDIA MILEAGE MAY NOT SERVE WELL NOR SHALL IT DO ANY GOOD VIS-À-VIS OUR EFFORTS NOT ONLY IN CONTAINING MAOIST TERRORISM BUT OPENING THE FLOODGATES OF DISCONTENT AMONG OUR PEOPLE, INSTEAD. CAN WE AFFORD TO JUST LEAVE OUT THE ISSUE AND ALLOW ADVERSE SITUATIONS AND CONDITIONS TO SIT IN?
ON THIS NOTE MR. SPEAKER, THIS REPRESENTATION IS MUCH CONCERNED THAT TIME WILL COME WHEN PRO-DEMOCRACY FILIPINOS WILL BE FORCED TO SECURE FIREARMS FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION. OBVIOUS IS THE FACT THAT THEY WILL BE TAKING THE LAW UNTO THEIR HANDS, IF CONDITIONS AND SITUATIONS WARRANT!
THIS IS REMINISCENT OF THE ALSA-MASA DAYS, IN THE MID-70’S, WHEN THE PEOPLE OF AGDAO, IN DAVAO CITY, BANDED AND ARMED THEMSELVES FOR PROTECTION AND STARTED HITTING MAOIST TERRORIST LEGAL PERSONALITIES IN THEIR AREAS. IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD BE A TOOTH-FOR-TOOTH SITUATION. AGAIN, IF GOVERNMENT STILL DOES NOTHING ALONG THIS LINE, THE SITUATION THAT I JUST MENTIONED WILL SURELY HAPPEN.
CERTAINLY, I DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS SITUATION BECAUSE IN ALL CANDIDNESS, THIS WILL RESULT TO ANARCHY AND THE EMERGENCE OF MOB RULE IN THE COUNTRY. BUT THEN AGAIN, IF GOVERNMENT DELIBERATELY REFUSE TO PROTECT ITS OWN PEOPLE BY A SIMPLE ACT OF OMISSION, THEN IT CANNOT BE HELPED THAT CIVILIANS SHALL RESORT TO ARMING THEMSELVES AND TARGETTING MAOIST TERRORIST LEGAL PERSONALITIES THAT THEY’VE IDENTIFIED.
MR. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THIS AUGUST CHAMBER I CHALLENGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TO FACE THIS SITUATION SQUARELY AND IN A STRAIGHTFORWARD MANNER ANSWER THE QUESTION – - “WHAT MUST WE DO TO SAVE, PROTECT, AND PRESERVE OUR COUNTRY FROM THE FANGS OF MAOIST TERRORIST DEMAGOGUERY?” MY DEAR COLLEAGUES, WE ARE NOT AT LIBERTY TO ALLOW THIS COUNTRY TO FALL DOWN AND BE ENTIRELY SWALLOWED BY THOSE WHO ESPOUSE THE GODLESS, VIOLENT, AND INHUMAN IDEOLOGY AND DECIDEDLY OBSESSED IN THE TOTAL CAPITULATION OF OUR FREEDOMS, AND DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN GOVERNANCE FOUNDED ON PEACE AND THE RULE OF LAW.
THANK YOU.
