National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Pambansang Demokratikong Hanay ng Pilipinas
FoundersJose Maria Sison
Fidel Agcaoili
Luis Jalandoni
LeaderLuis Jalandoni
Julieta De Lima-Sison
Dates of operationApril 24, 1973 – present
Active regionsPhilippines
IdeologyCommunism
National democracy
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Political positionFar-left
Designated as a terrorist group by
Websitewww.ndfp.org

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) (Filipino: Pambansang Demokratikong Hanay ng Pilipinas (PDHP)) is a coalition of revolutionary social and economic justice organizations, agricultural unions, trade unions, indigenous rights groups, leftist political parties, and other related groups in the Philippines.[4] It belongs to the much broader National Democracy Movement and the communist rebellion in the Philippines.[5]

The Government of the Philippines, through the Anti-Terrorism Council, declared the group a terrorist organization in 2021.[6][7][8]

History

Prior to the creation of the NDF, many of its affiliated organizations had already existed, including the Kabataang Makabayan and the Malayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan. In 1971, the Preparatory Commission for the National Democratic Front was formed, under the initiative of the Communist Party of the Philippines, in order to bring together all the various revolutionary organizations that had been forced underground by martial law under Ferdinand Marcos.[9]

The Preparatory Commission published a Ten Point Program on April 24, 1973, marking the founding of the NDF as a "revolutionary united front organization of the Filipino people fighting for national freedom and for the democratic rights of the people." Since its founding, the NDF has served as the political wing of the CPP, building diplomatic relations abroad and representing it in peace negotiations. Its primary work is expanding political work in the cities through workers' strikes, student boycotts and protests, and aiding the revolution in the countryside.[10]

The NDF has continued its work among the various sectors of Filipino society, often protesting various laws and development programs that it deems as aggravating the "basic problems of the masses" including CARP, Philippines 2000, Visiting Forces Agreement and counter-insurgency programs.[11]

Objectives

The NDFP adopted the following 12-point program to bring about "national liberation and democracy [that] seeks to provide a broad basis of unity for all social classes, sectors, groups and individual Filipinos here and abroad desirous of genuine national freedom and democracy, lasting peace and a progressive Philippines.":[12][13]

  1. Unite the people for the overthrow of the semi-colonial and semi-feudal system through a people's war and for the completion of the national democratic revolution.
  2. Establish a people's democratic republic and a democratic coalition government.
  3. Build the people's revolutionary army and the people's defense system.
  4. Uphold and promote the people's democratic rights.
  5. Terminate all unequal relations with the United States and other foreign entities.
  6. Implement genuine agrarian reform, promote agricultural cooperation, raise rural production and employment through the modernization of agriculture and rural industrialization and ensure agricultural sustainability.
  7. Break the combined dominance of the U.S. and other imperialists, big compradors and landlords over the economy. Carry out national industrialization and build an independent and self-reliant economy.
  8. Adopt a comprehensive and progressive social policy.
  9. Promote a national, scientific and pro-people culture.
  10. Uphold the rights to self-determination and democracy of the Moro people, Cordillera peoples and other national minorities or indigenous peoples.
  11. Advance the revolutionary emancipation of women in all spheres.
  12. Adopt an active, independent and peaceful foreign policy.

Member organizations

Member of the front include:[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Philippines designates NDF as terrorist group". GMA News Online. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  2. ↑ Alpasan, Jonas (July 19, 2021). "Terror council designates NDFP as terror group". Bulatlat. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Resolution Number 21 (2021)". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES". NDFP. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  5. ↑ VERSCHUUR-BALLO, CHARED (March 28, 2014). "No vacuum in NPA leadership despite Tiamzon couple's arrest –Joma". GMA News. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Philippines designates NDF as terrorist group". GMA News Online. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  7. ↑ Alpasan, Jonas (July 19, 2021). "Terror council designates NDFP as terror group". Bulatlat. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Resolution Number 21 (2021)". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  9. ↑ "People's War · NDFP". NDFP. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  10. ↑ "About NDFP – Liberation". liberation.ndfp.org. August 22, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Our Story · NDFP". NDFP. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  12. ↑ "12 Point Program of the NDFP". www.ndfp.net. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  13. ↑ "The Twelve Points of the NDF Program". www.ndfp.org. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Member Organizations – Liberation". liberation.ndfp.org. April 24, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  15. ↑ Ayroso, Dee, "Revolutionary Muslim Group MRLO Calls For Intensified Armed Struggle in Mindanao", Bulatlat, June 25, 2015
  16. ↑ Angeles, Leonora. “The PKP (Communist Party of the Philippines) and MAKIBAKA (Free Movement of New Women) Revisited: The Place of Women’s Liberation in Revolutionary Theory and Practice.” Kasarinlan A Philippine Quarterly of Third World Studies, vol. 3, no. 4, Jan. 1988, pp. 26–35.
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