6. Local Communist Movement (LCM)- Influenced versus LCM-Infiltrated (as based on an AFP lecture)
Indicators of an LCM-Influenced organization:
1. created or established by the CPP-NPA-NDF and other factions of the LCM;
2. under the influence of a national democratic underground mass organization of the CPP or its counterpart in the reactionist faction;
3. adapts the NDF twelve point program of the actions and similar programs of the other LCM faction;
4. actively involved in multi-sectoral rallies, wherein issues raised are beyond the traditional interest of the particular society it represents;
5. radical and violent in the conduct of mass protest action.
A sectoral organization is classified as a LCM-Infiltrated if it satisfies any two of the following indicators:
1. Not categorized as LCM-Influenced but is actively involved in party-list activities;
2. Under the influence of a national democratic underground mass organization of the CPP or its counterpart in the reactionist faction;
3. its aims, objectives, policies and/or pronouncements are similar to the political lines expounded by the LCM;
4. Activities are similar or complimentary to those of the LCM;
5. Maintains a close relationship with suspected LCM personalities and/or organizations.
Gen. Esperon denied knowing the source of the lecture. However, he said that those are ways that could be used in classifying organizations. The structure of the CPP-NPA-NDF is as follows: The CPP is the brain; the NPA is the armed group; and the NDF is the shield. The NDF is composed of legal organizations that may have been infiltrated by the CPP and NPA.
7. President Arroyos order to wage an all-out war against the CPP-NPA as a cause for the rise in activist killings
Gen. Esperon explained that an all-out war means waging a holistic war. The strength of the military will bear down upon the enemy and at the same time, the various government agencies should also contribute in solving the root causes of insurgency such as poverty and injustice. The rise of activist killings has nothing to do with the marching orders of the President.
The AFP is currently deploying forces to address the armed threat. At the same time, it is also implementing projects, called Kalayaan Barangay Program, which brings in small-scale development to 600 barangays nationwide. The program involves infrastructure development, day care, etc.
8. One of the basic strategies of the total war is to neutralize the leadership of the Communist Terrorist Movement (CTM) or the Local Communist Movement (LCM)
Gen. Esperon explained that the AFP aims to neutralize the leaders of the guerilla front, who are bona fide members of the NPA as evidenced by captured documents.
9. Foreign Support for CPP-NPA
Gen. Esperon manifested that the AFP has captured several documents which prove that the CPP-NPA had been receiving support from foreign organizations. Further, the purpose of Jose Maria Sison and Luis Jalandoni for being out of the country is to get support from outside the country for the local communist movement.
Gen. Esperon reported, however, that since the CPP-NPA has been classified as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union, much of their foreign funding has dried up.
Extrajudicial Killings, Melo Commission Report on Extrajudicial Killings
