The mind of Rody Duterte WHOS AFRAID OF JOMA AND THE COMMUNISTS? By Manny Pinol The weekly series on The Mind of Rody Duterte continues on Jan. 4 with a very sensational and controversial issue on the Davao City Mayors thoughts on the countrys 46-year-old communist rebellion. Following his off-the-cuff commentary on what he would do to the communist New Peoples Army and its umbrella organization, the National Democratic Front (NDF), if he would become President of the Philippines, Duterte virtually stirred the hornets nest when he said he would bring in NDF chairman Jose Maria Sison to work with him in a coalition government. In a country of people whose political views are defined as Far Right, Right, Centrist, Left of Center and Extreme Left, his comments immediately elicited angry reactions from the Far Right which has accused Duterte of being a communist or at the very least a communist sympathizer. He will turn the Philippines into a communist country, complained one Duterte detractor. To that fear, Dutertes response is: Did Davao City become a communist city? Following the bloody neutralization of the Communist assassination squad, the Sparrow Unit, which turned Davao City into a laboratory of urban terrorism, Duterte entered into a modus vivendi with the New Peoples Army and other armed groups, and succeeded in making Davao City the 4th Safest City in the World. It is a simple Live and Let Live formula devised by a local government official in dealing with a decades-old national issue which has not been resolved by the Central Government. In spite of this, rumors are rife that the reason why Davao City is not being harassed by the NPAs is because Duterte is one of them. Last Monday, over dinner with his friend Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy, I confronted Rody Duterte with pointed and probing questions on his views about the communist rebellion and how he would end it if he would become President. On Sunday, Jan. 4, this page will provide answers to the following questions: Is Rody Duterte a communist? In a coalition government with the communists, how would Rody Duterte ensure that they would not be able to grab power? What role would the Communists play under a Duterte Presidency? Once the coalition is forged, what would happen to the armed cadres of the New Peoples Army? Would there still be forced taxation by the Left in the countryside after the forging of the coalition? Abangan! (Photo credit: Rody Duterte shakes hands with the NPAs Commander Parago in an NPA camp in the boundaries of Davao City and Bukidnon Province. Downloaded from durianburg blogsite.)
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:33:17 +0000
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