EXTORT FUND USED FOR SATUR’S SENATE AMBITION

MAKABAYAN’s senatoriable, party-list representative Satur Ocampo, who once served the communist New People’s Army during his leadership of the Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee (STRPC) would be the beneficiary of a whopping fifty million pesos for fund machinery this coming 2010 national elections. Aside from Ocampo, three other National Democratic Front senatoriables would also be amassing a total of two hundred million pesos.

The reported one billion campaign fund for Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamayan or MAKABAYAN senatoriables and Party List Groups in 2010 has been coming from NPAs extortion of companies and barangays around the country. Part of this huge budget for MAKABAYAN was also generated from Communist armies’ permit-to-campaign (PTC) and permit-to-win (PTW) schemes that garnered millions last 2007 elections.

The NPA and MAKABAYAN had been plundering people’s money in broad daylight. The illegally-extracted 1 billion was claimed to be in support of patriotism and public-service as claimed by the political pool MAKABAYAN.

PTC is a fund generation scheme played-out by the NPA during the height of local or national elections wherein it extorts candidates for cash as it permits them to enter Communist threatened or worst “influenced” areas. The pay-offs for this had been categorized by the NPA between the candidates aspired position and that of its political party.

PTW is far too extreme. The NPA is making this an excuse to force residents to cast their votes on a political candidate that bid the highest. Civilians are often held at gun point by the NPA, leaving them no possible alternative. PTW works well for the Communist Party especially to Traditional Politicians (TRAPOs) and families wanting to claim dynasties.

Militant activists such as Ocampo knew pretty well that 50 million pesos is enough to feed 150,000 families of three-square meal. Like how GLORIA had been scrutinized for almost a million-worth dinner, Ocampo and others had to be dealt with the same way. The elections should not be made an excuse for politicians to make extravagant spendings. Especially, when the amount spent had been unlawfully gained.

This is not to say that Gloria should be g lorified for her extravagant lifestyle. If she must be tried for her misdeed, than so be it. The law, however, must apply to everyone, including Satur Ocampo and Makabayan. Being members of communist party-list groups do not exempt them from public accountability.

I am starting a campaign to have Satur Ocampo and his cohorts in Makabayan investigated fro plunder. Anyone care to join?#