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The initial hope was that the new revolutionary government would be able to make peace with CPP–NPA–NDF, the new administration's release of many political prisoners was a reflection of that hope. However, there was considerable distrust between the CPP–NPA–NDF and many of the prominent figures of the Aquino government. [79]
16 July – an NDF spokesman announced that the NPA had suffered 14 fatalities following simultaneous attacks against private armies in Santa Irene, Prosperidad, Barangay Bitan-agan, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur. A civilian and a private army commander were also killed in the incident, and NDF claimed to have seized a number of weapons during ...
The CPP and the NPA were successfully able to establish themselves in the countryside, reaching a mass base of over one million people, with 1,000 fighters armed with high-powered rifles by 1977 [23] By 1981, the NPA began engaging in tactical offensives involving company-sized units emerged, particularly in the Southern Mindanao region. By ...
Jose Maria Sison #, founding Chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines, a political consultant for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. Fidel Agcaoili † #, chief negotiator of the NDFP. Bernabe Buscayno, founder of the New People's Army, no longer associated with the CPP-NPA-NDF.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP; Filipino: Pambansang Demokratikong Prente ng Pilipinas, PDPP) is a coalition of revolutionary social and economic justice organizations, agricultural unions, trade unions, indigenous rights groups, leftist political parties, and other related groups in the Philippines. [4]
A bomb, either a landmine, or an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by the NPA to target government forces kills footballer Keith Absalon and his cousin Nolven as they were jogging by. After widespread condemnation, the NPA apologizes for the incident. [7] [8] [9] [10]
The split resulted in a weakening of the CPP-NPA, but it gradually grew again after the breakdown of peace talks in 1999, [15] the unpopularity of the Estrada administration, [16] and because of social pressures arising from the Asian Financial Crisis that year.
The complaints cited two separate statements issued by the NTF-ELCAC: On March 14, Badoy alleged that presidential candidate Leni Robredo made a pact with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF); On March 21, Badoy released a statement alleging that Kabataan, Anakpawis, Bayan Muna, ACT ...