Joma Sison: Extension a prelude to nationwide martial law

The extension of martial law in Mindanao for another five months is a prelude for the implementation of martial rule across the country, Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairperson Jose Ma. Sison said on Saturday.

Sison said this meant more offensives against the New People's Army and "other revolutionary forces."

"It means that the NPA and other revolutionary forces will continue to be targeted on the scale of Mindanao, especially where there are no Bangsamoro armed forces," Sison told GMA News Online.

"This is also a preparation for ML (martial law) nationwide combined with the Tokhang-style EJKs (extra judicial killings) and bombings and shelling of communities," he added.

Congress in joint session approved on Saturday President Rodrigo Duterte's proposal to extend martial law extension until yearend, with 261 affirmative votes from both houses.

Earlier, Sison pronounced that peace talks between the government and the Reds were unnecessary because of the Duterte administration's "obsession with martial law and mass murder."

Duterte then said that he was ready to renew the fight with the communists. -NB, GMA News