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Reds go for young blood; younger cadres take over

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YOUNGER cadres took over the leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines’ central committee as the rebel’s armed wing, the New People’s Army, celebrated its 48th anniversary on Wednesday. 

The CPP in a communique said that, after more than 50 years, it held its Second Party Congress on Oct. 24 to Nov. 7 last year with more than 120 attending and non-attending delegates”•the first since the revolutionary organization was founded by reaffirmists led by its founder Jose Maria Sison. 

With 60 percent of the delegates at 45 to 59 years old, more than half of the newly elected central committee members are from the young and middle-aged cadres of the party, the communiqué said.

“[This is] ensuring that the Party leadership will remain vibrant, tightly linked with the lower levels of leadership and capable of leading the practical work and day-to-day tasks of the Party, especially in waging revolutionary armed struggle against the reactionary state,” the CPP said.

“The combination of senior Party members with the young and junior Party cadres will ensure the ideological, political and organizational training of a new generation of Party leaders who will be at the helm of the Party in the coming years.”

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In Davao City, an official said the city government will establish a Specialized Cafgu Active Auxiliary or SCAA that will secure the outskirts of the city to answer the call of President Rodrigo Duterte to stop the insurgency in Davao.

Public Safety and Security Command Center chief Benito de Leon said three companies or 360 SCAA will be deployed for additional security in the entire Davao City.

“This is to answer the call of President Duterte to give priority to the insurgency here in the region. He required us to put a stop to it,” De Leon said.

Duterte on Wednesday said the unilateral ceasefire between the communists and the government broke down due to a “misunderstanding” between government negotiators and the top guns of the CPP.

“You see, we are talking with the NPA’s, there’s no more killings, but they had a misunderstanding with [Jesus] Dureza, Bebot [Bello] and the others” Duterte said. 

He said he was ready to commit for another unilateral truce with the communist rebels.

The CPP tasked its senior cadres to transfer their knowledge and skills to their younger comrades “to help guide the present work of the younger generation of Party leaders.”

The CPP likewise amended its constitution to guarantee the participation of younger members in the central committee.

“More than half of the newly elected CC members are from the young and middle-aged cadres of the Party, ensuring that the Party leadership will remain vibrant, tightly linked with the lower levels of leadership and capable of leading the practical work and day-to-day tasks of the Party, especially in waging revolutionary armed struggle against the reactionary state,” the CPP said. 

The CPP now also allows members who have reached the age of 70 to retire from Party work without losing their membership. They are also entitled to subsistence support and medical assistance, the communiqué said.

The armed struggle of the CPP-NPA is the longest-running communist insurgency in Asia. The rebel group will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Dec. 26, 2018. With F. Pearl A. Gajunera

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