Sison said Congress merely proved that it is a rubber stamp of the Duterte administration when it approved the extension of martial law in Mindanao for one year. “His unbridled hostility to the legal democratic movement, speaks loudly and clearly of his intention to impose nationwide martial law,” it said. When Marcos proclaimed martial law in 1972, Sison said the NPA had only a few guerrilla zones concentrated in Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Tarlac and Pampanga provinces. As in the time of Marcos, the battle cry of the revolutionaries today is: people’s war is the answer to martial law,” Sison said. When a guerrilla front is under encirclement and concentrated enemy attack, it is directly and indirectly assisted by other guerrilla fronts,” Sison said.

Source: Philippine Star December 14, 2017 18:33 UTC