Communist Party Philippines chief, 6 other top communist execs nabbed

This is breaking important news. We will have to see if these arrests will have a big impact on the “people’s war” in the Philippines.

This is from the Kasama Project;

by Nikko Dizon

MANILA, Philippines—Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Saturday night confirmed the arrest of Benito Tiamzon, chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA) in Cebu province.

Tiamzon was arrested with his wife Wilma and five other members of the central committee of the CPP-NPA.
Wilma Tiamzon is the secretary general of the CPP-NPA.

“This is a report given to me by the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines). Yes, [arrested were] Benito and Wilma Tiamzon,” Gazmin told the Inquirer by phone.

The arrest of the Tiamzons happened exactly a week before the 45th anniversary of the CPP-NPA on March 29.

Gazmin said the Tiamzons were undergoing “tactical interrogation.”

A few days ago, President Benigno Aquino said that a “big fish” would soon be arrested that would surprise everybody.

Asked if the President was referring to the Tiamzons, Gazmin said: “I don’t know. I guess so. They are a big fish.”

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