Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid ng Gitnang Luson (AMGL)
  • Home
  • Statements
  • Campaigns
  • Images
  • Resources
  • About
  • Peasant Struggle in Hacienda Luisita

CL farmers denounce upcoming Balikatan exercises

4/3/2013

0 Comments

 
Picture
Farmers and multi-sectoral groups protest against VFA-Balikatan
exercises. (Photo by AMGL)
Central Luzon-based groups denounce the upcoming Balikatan exercises and warned the risk of allowing the United States armed forces to practically use the region and the country as a military base or a staging ground of its war of aggression against China or North Korea.  The Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luson (Amgl), Anakpawis Partylist, Central Luzon Ayta Association (CLAA), Timpuyog Katutubo – Nueva Ecija and Katribu Partylist – Central Luzon expressed opposition of the US-Philippine Balikatan exercises as it trample national sovereignty, threatens livelihood and safety, and affirmed their demand to revoke the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the US and the Philippines.

“We urge the people of Central Luzon to oppose the Balikatan exercises as they are an insult to us as a sovereign people who should be free from foreign military intervention and involvement,” Joseph Canlas said, Amgl chairperson and Anakpawis Partylist – Central Luzon regional coordinator.

The groups said that military exercises launched by US and Armed Forces of the Philippines continue to affect the livelihood of farmers, indigenous peoples and fisherfolk, and threaten the safety of their communities.  In the region, military exercises are to be held on April 5 to 17 in Subic Bay in Zambales, Camp O’ Donnell and Crow Valley in Tarlac province and Fort Magsaysay Military Reservation in Laur town, Nueva Ecija.

“During these exercises, farmers, indigenous peoples and fisherfolk are prohibited to attend their farms or go fishing, Subic Bay is a source of livelihood for fisherfolk communities in Zambales towns, Camp O’ Donnell and Crow Valley are lands cultivated by Ayta communities, Fort Magsaysay are cultivated by low-land and Igorot farmers.  Their livelihood and safety are always threatened during these military exercises as they use live-round ammunitions and ordnance,” said Canlas.

The groups said that the exercises are also intended to secure US interests in the region and the whole country.  They said that Central Luzon is aimed to be a “growth corridor,” where networks of super-highways are to be constructed to accelerate the plunder of the country’s natural resources, while converting productive agricultural lands mainly to adapt to the needs of foreign and local big businesses.  As the Aquino government pushes through with its regional “development” program, it is opposed by poor mainly by the farming sector.

As the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed organization of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), is known to operate in the region, the groups said that it is also a target of the Balikatan exercises, as being part of the Aquino counter-insurgency program Operational Plan Bayanihan or the Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP).

“The Aquino government and its American puppet-masters use the Balikatan exercises to show off its battle gear, in a futile attempt to terrify the people who struggle for their rights to land and national sovereignty,” Canlas said.

“The Aquino government is putting the whole country in serious risk, by being a puppet to US imperialism.  While Aquino is concretely ignoring the plight of the Filipino people, he has the guts to be part of a war against a sovereign country,” he added.#

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    AMGL

    To struggle for Genuine Land Reform in Central Luzon and other regions of the country.

    Archives

    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    November 2012
    October 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    November 2011
    October 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011

    Categories

    All
    Agap Zambales
    Agap-zambales
    Agrarian Reform
    Agriculture
    Alabamas
    Alabamas Dam
    Almana 3100
    Amado Espino
    Ambala
    Amgl
    Amgl Ne
    Amgl-ne
    Amt
    Anakpawis
    Angara
    Angat Dam
    Aniban
    Apeco
    Aseza
    Aurora
    Ayala
    Ayta
    Balikatan
    Balingcanaway
    Balog Balog Dam
    Balog-balog Dam
    Bayambang
    Benguetcorp
    Bot
    Bungkalan
    Calen
    California Energy
    Caltex
    Camp Gregg
    Cancellation Of Cloa
    Carp
    Carper
    Casiguran
    Cat
    Central Azucarera De Tarlac
    Central Luzon
    Chief Justice
    Claa
    Clark International Airport Corp.
    Clex
    Cloa
    Clrdp
    Clt
    Coco Levy
    Cojuangco Aquino
    Cojuangco-Aquino
    Cojuangco-aquino
    Cojuangco Aquinos
    Cojuangcoaquinos6288a28430
    Cojuangcos
    Corruption
    Danding Cojuangco
    Dar
    Dionisio Manuel
    Dislocation
    Displacement
    Displacements
    Dmci
    Dswd
    Ecozones
    Edc
    Energy Development Corporation
    Environment
    Ep
    Extra Judicial Killings
    Extrajudicial Killings0e27260734
    Farmers
    Farmworkers
    Fertilizer Scam
    Feudalism
    Fisherfolk
    Fmmr
    Food Security
    Foreclosure
    Fort Magsaysay Military Reservation
    Gabriel Singson Jr9507b1ead5
    Garb
    Genuine Land Reform
    Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
    Gloria Macapagal-arroyo
    Gma
    Gmo
    Golden Rice
    Guimba
    Hacienda Dolores
    Hacienda Luisita
    Hacienda Luisita Massacre
    Harassment
    Human Rights
    Human Rights Violation
    Human Rights Violations
    Imperialism
    Indigenous People
    Irri
    Ism 2013
    Jica
    Joc Joc Bolante
    Joc-joc Bolante
    Kmp
    Landgrabbing
    Land Reform
    Land Use Conversion
    La Paz
    Liberalization Of Agriculture
    Luc
    Mambayu
    Manuel Lorenzo
    Marilou Abrilles
    Maro
    Martin Lorenzo
    Medium Term Development Plan
    Medium-term Development Plan
    Merceditas Gutierrez
    Militarization
    Mining
    Mining Act
    Mining. Mining Act 0f 1995
    Mlub
    Move Now!
    Mt.abo
    Nia
    Nlex
    Nlex East
    Nolcom
    Noynoy Aquino
    Nueva Ecija
    Oil
    Oil Deregulation
    Oil Deregulation Law
    Oil Price Hike
    Ombudsman
    Oph
    Oplan Bantay Laya
    Oplan Bayanihan
    Palay
    Palparan
    Pamana
    Pampanga
    Pangasinan
    Pantabangan
    Pantabangan Dam
    Paro
    Pep
    Peping Cojuangco
    Petron
    Philrice
    Porac
    Ppp
    Press Freedom
    Privatization
    Public Private Partnership
    Public-private Partnership
    Rcbc
    Referendum
    Relief
    Renato Corona
    Republic Act 10083
    Republic Act 6657
    Republic Act 9490
    Republic Act 9700
    Rice
    Rice Farmers
    Rice Industry
    Sctex
    Sdo
    Sdp
    Shell
    Sona
    Sona 2011
    St. Tropez
    Supreme Court
    Syngenta
    Tarlac
    Teddy Casino
    Tplex
    Typhoon Pedring
    Ulwu
    Us Imperialism
    Vfa
    Visiting Forces Agreement
    W Corridor
    W-corridor
    Willem Geertman
    Wto
    Zambales

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.