Communist Group Accuses Japan, US of Using PH for Personal Interest in Spratly Islands

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) arm Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), accuses Japan and US on Monday saying that both countries only uses the Philippines as an excuse to increase their military presence in the region.

“The Filipino people should be wary because the ongoing military exercises between the US, Japan and the Philippines are nothing a ploy to project US military power in the region as part of its pivot to Asia,” Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. said.

“The naval exercises are meant to promote US and Japan imperialist interests in the region. These two powers do not care for Philippine sovereignty nor territorial integrity,” he added.

BAYAN, a communist group under Maoist ideology believed to be supported by the communist China since its establishment during the later days of Marcos era.

Reyes also noted that the Philippine’s claim on West Philippine Sea is different from that of Japan’s claim on East China Sea. He said that China owns the islands claimed by Japan, while the Philippines is the legitimate owner of Panatag and Scarborough Shoals.

Bayan, KMU, and other leftists groups in the country are against any US and foreign military intervention regarding sea dispute with China.

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“The Philippines sovereign right to its exclusive economic zone is also lawful. Unlike Japan, the Philippine does not enjoy the support of the US in these claims. The US only feigns support so that it could justify the return of US bases and increase the number of stationed troops in the Philippines,” he said.

Reyes said that the Philippine government should not allow US intervention and Japan’s rising military force in the region. He also noted that the country needs to stabilize its economy and military power to defend itself.

Bayan, KMU, CPP, NPA, NDF shares the same belief and ideology with the communist China known as “Marxism-Leninism-Maoism”.

/Lily Gomez/ Assisted Press

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