Ferdinand Marcos Jr. makes a fatal mistake by choosing to remain on the US imperialist orbit. His hollow calls for peace in the Middle East are belied by his continued support for the US war machine in the Philippines. His position only enrages the masses already reeling from oppression and exploitation and pushes them to join the people’s war as the only viable solution to overthrow his bankrupt regime and change the imperialist dominated system.
As Trump’s war of aggression against Iran wreaks havoc on the Philippine economy, the US-Marcos regime’s hypocritical peace rhetoric is as empty as the pockets of the Filipino masses reeling from skyrocketing oil prices; as lame as his response to the problems of overseas Filipino workers, as deceptive as his measly subsidy to millions of poor Filipinos, and as callous as his inaction on the problems of small businesses facing imminent bankruptcy.
He lays open Philippine land, sea, and air for US military build-up in the Indo-Pacific for global hegemony. He takes pride in the 12th Philippines-US Bilateral Strategic Dialogue where he reaffirms his regime’s acceptance as a US military satellite and part of the First Island Chain against China, reveling in the dialogue’s agreements for increased deployments of U.S. missiles and unmanned systems to the Philippines, establishing critical minerals supply chains and energy infrastructure to advance joint defense capabilities, expansion of military cyber defense capabilities and more bilateral and multilateral military exercises and cooperation with increased focus on the Taiwan Strait.
As Trump kills thousands of people, especially women and children, Marcos kills thousands of Filipinos in his wars of suppression against the revolutionary movement and the people’s protest movements by continuing the previous regimes’ policies of aerial bombings, EJKs, abductions, and war on the poor.
Never in the obedient puppet’s rhetoric does he condemn Trump’s violent rampage against Palestine, Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran. As the chief representative of the bureaucrat-capitalist, landlord, and big bourgeoisie classes and as chief puppet of US imperialism, Marcos does not remain neutral much less stand for the interests of the Filipino people, even if this means the country getting entangled and ruined in an inter-imperialist war.
US imperialism knows no bounds in its brutality as it is desperate to cling to power in the battle for a redivision of the world among major imperialist powers. This prompts the rise of fascism worldwide among imperialist countries, emergence of puppet dictators in neocolonies, and the resultant resurgence of widespread peoples’ resistance against imperialism.
The NDFP stands firmly for the interest of the Filipino people who are adversely affected by this imperialist war. Number 11 of our 12-point program upholds an active, independent and peaceful foreign policy which the revolutionary movement promotes during the national democratic revolution. This will be fully implemented by a people’s democratic government that will be established upon the overthrow of imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat capitalism. We call on the Filipino people to expand and strengthen our people’s organizations, widely educate the masses on the imperialist accountability for global imperialist violence, strengthen the New People’s Army and prepare to arm ourselves in defense against any imperialist aggression and to further advance the people’s just war for national democracy.
We join other peace-loving peoples of the world in strongly condemning imperialist war. Only our solidarity to end imperialism and its attendant fascism will guarantee lasting peace.
