Partido Lakas ng Masa party presidential bet Leodegario “Ka Leody” De Guzman on Friday, Feb. 4, revealed plans of granting all the demands sought by the communist front as his way of putting an end to insurgency.
The labor leader aired the belief that once granted, the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed unit, New People’s Army, will run out of justifiable reason to overthrow government.
“Kapag naayos ito, mauubusan ng dahilan ang NPA para humawak ng armas. Historical problem ang pinaghuhugutan ng kanilang problema. (If this is settled, the NPA will no longer have any reason to bear arms. The problem is borne from the past),” he explained during the Panata ng Bayan Presidential Forum initiated by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP).
He stressed that he abhors war as a way of reaching one’s objective.
“Hindi ako sang-ayon sa pamamaraan ng giyera. Walang nananalo diyan kundi ang mga kapitalistang gumagawa ng bala at armas. (I do not agree in going to war. Nobody wins here except the capitalists who manufacture bullets and firearms),” explained De Guzman.
The presidential candidate added: “Ang giyera ay dapat ituon sa paglaban sa kahirapan, global warming , pagpapatigil ng rice tarrification law. (We should pursue the battle against povery, global warming, an end to tarrification law.),” De Guzman said his way of ending the longest insurgency in the world is to grant the NPA’s demands which he believes are correct.
“Tama ang kanilang mga kahilingan katulad sa reporma sa agraryo na dapat ipatupad ng tunay. )Their demands are right like genuine implementation of land reform.),” he pointed out.
“May inhustisya sa ating bansa. Kapag mahirap ka kulong ka, kapag mayaman hindi. Kapag ganyan ang hustisya sa atin, hidi talaga mapipigil ang paghawak ng armas. (There is injustice in our country. ONly the poor are jailed, the rich are not. If this is the brand of justice we have, we cannot stop them from arming themselves.)” De Guzman added.