By ALDWIN QUITASOL
www.nordis.net

BAGUIO CITY — The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on its website said the recently concluded automated elections was “as rotten to the core as ever.”

“The return to power of the Aquino-Cojuangco clan and its Kamag-anak Inc., through apparent president-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III; the repositioning of the Marcoses—Imelda, Ferdinand Jr. and Imee; the continuing domination of Congress by the Arroyos, now with Gloria Arroyo herself elected congressman; and many more of the like all point to the indictment of the recent reactionary elections as nothing but a big sham foisted by the reactionary ruling classes upon the masses,” stated the CPP.

The CPP added that such rottenness resulted to the return to power of big warlord-political dynasties in the different parts of the country with the usual “guns, goons and gold” and now with electronic cheating.

The CPP also said that despite all efforts to keep the warlords and political dynasties from winning, few progressives from grassroots partylists groups are expected to be seated in the House of Congress. These progressives, the CPP said they can espouse the patriotic, democratic and other basic interests of the people and help advance the struggles of the people inside the halls of congress.

“However, they will always be outvoted by the overwhelming majority composed of representatives of imperialist, comprador and feudal interests, especially when it comes to fundamental issues concerning national sovereignty, land reform, national industrialization and the welfare of the toiling masses,” said the statement.

The election has resulted only in the continuation of the same semi-colonnial and semi-feudal system. The CPP said that despite the fact that there is a deep and intense contradiction among the rival political factions of the ruling elites, they still remain to be one against the Filipino people especially the toiling masses. The CPP also said they are all puppets of the US and share the same interests.

“They deceive the people with lies and empty promises, and apply the coercive apparatus of the reactionary state to suppress those who oppose and fight,” stated the CPP. The CPP describe the elections being dominated by the elites and make it as a mockery of democracy and the people’s right to suffrage do not actually provide the people with much choice. The only choice of the people according to the CPP is between evil and the apparent lesser evil.

“Most of the time, the apparent lesser evil that gets installed into power soon becomes the primary evil and carries out policies even much worse than before….;The imperialists are abundant with praise for the seeming success of the recent elections. Among the first to congratulate the apparent winner, Aquino, even before his being officially proclaimed, was the newly appointed chief imperialist representative US Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr.,” said the CPP.

The CPP said US has long been interested in seeing the apparent success of the elections with the hope of pacifying the people and achieving temporary compromise among the rival factions of the local ruling classes. The CPP added that it has thus been pushing for the automation of the elections with the hope that its swiftness, apparent efficiency and difficulty in proving fraud would at least make for some credibility. “The ultimate objective of the US in this is the stability and preservation of the puppet ruling system for its own interest,” said the communist organization.

The CPP said that as the different rival factions of the reactionary ruling classes continue to jostle against one another in the final counting of election results, the Filipino people are again being provided a valuable lesson revealing the real nature and rottenness of Philippine politics.

“For the people to enjoy real democracy, they must make revolution to overthrow the oppressive puppet state of the reactionary ruling classes. They must replace it with one that is built directly from their strength, especially from the mass of the workers and peasants, on the basis of their national and democratic aspirations. Only under a people’s democratic government can national sovereignty be thoroughly upheld, genuine agrarian reform achieved, national industries built and the other basic interests of the people given guarantee and priority,” stated the CPP.

The CPP statement concluded that as the elections once gain revel the hopeless nature of the entire ruling system, more and more are turning to the revolutionary path with the aspiration of building a liberated, democratic, bright and prosperous future for the country and its people. #nordis.net