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Saturday, February 28, 2004
NPA now demands permit-to-win fees
By Ben O. Tesiorna
* Permit to win (PTW) fees plan discovered from documents seized in a rebel camp in Quezon province few weeks back, military says
* Communists will assure the victory of candidates who give the biggest amount of permit-to-campaign fees
* Rebels demand as much as P3 million for PTW fees
AFTER the controversial permit-to-campaign (PTC) fees, the New People's Army (NPA) is now reportedly demanding permit-to-win (PTW) fees from politicians all over the country.
Col. Daniel Lucero, spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), said Friday they discovered the PTW plan of the NPA from documents seized in a rebel camp in Quezon province few weeks back.
He said in the PTW scheme of the NPA, the candidate who will give the biggest amount to the rebels would win. Lucero said the rebels, in turn, would ensure victory for the candidate by threatening other candidates and the citizens to vote for their chosen candidate.
Lucero said the rebels are demanding as much as P3 million from the politicians for their PTW. He added that the CPP-NPA expects to raise at least P2 billion for their PTC and PTW fees.
"When we started including the NPA in the international terrorist list they lost funds from their international sources so they are badly in need of funding now," Lucero added. With report from Peng Aliño
(February 28, 2004 issue)
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