Let us stop pretending. Hindi ito tungkol sa “youth representation,” hindi ito tungkol sa “human rights,” at lalong hindi ito tungkol sa demokrasya. The hysterical outrage of the communist-led Makabayan bloc over the military action against Kabataan Partylist in the mountains of Mindoro only confirms what many Filipinos have long known: communism survives by deception, thrives on chaos, and feeds on the blood of the youth it claims to protect.
For decades, the Makabayan bloc has mastered the art of political camouflage. Sa loob ng Kongreso, sila’y nakabarong at naka-ngiti. Sa labas, ang ideolohiya nila ay baril, rekrutment, at walang katapusang digmaang bayan. Kabataan Partylist has never been about empowering the youth—it has been a conveyor belt, funneling idealistic young Filipinos into a violent ideology that has buried more youth leaders than it has ever saved.
Now that the state finally moved, the reds are screaming repression. Bakit? Because for the first time, the mask slipped.
What makes this episode more revolting is the apparent political convenience extended by the Marcos administration to these same forces. For a time, may tahimik na coexistence—isang “you scratch my back, I scratch yours” arrangement—where the Makabayan bloc was tolerated inside the House while conveniently weaponizing its noise against a common enemy: the Dutertes, especially Vice President Sara Duterte. Ang target malinaw—wasakin, pahinain, at tuluyang ilibing ang sinumang Duterte sa hinaharap ng pambansang pulitika.
But communists have no loyalty—only objectives. The moment their recruitment fronts were threatened, they turned on the very administration they had exploited. Ganyan ang komunismo: walang utang na loob, walang prinsipyo, at walang pakialam sa bansa—ang mahalaga lang ay ang ideolohiya.
Let us be clear: communism is incompatible with democracy. It does not seek reform; it seeks collapse. It enters democratic institutions not to strengthen them, but to rot them from within. Ang Kongreso para sa kanila ay entablado, hindi serbisyo. Ang batas ay sandata, hindi gabay. At ang kabataan—sila ang unang inaalay sa altar ng rebolusyon.
President Marcos now stands at a crossroads. You cannot flirt with subversion and expect stability. Hindi mo pwedeng yakapin ang ideolohiyang ang layunin ay wasakin ang mismong Republika na iyong sinumpaang ipagtanggol. Appeasement has failed—again—just as it has failed throughout history.
This is the moment for clarity. Hindi pwedeng neutral sa pagitan ng demokrasya at komunismo. You either stand with a Republic governed by laws, institutions, and elections—or you side with an ideology that glorifies armed struggle, silences dissent, and leaves nothing but graves and propaganda in its wake.
The Filipino people deserve leaders who defend democracy, not those who allow its enemies to squat inside its halls. Ang komunismo ay hindi opinyon—ito ay banta. And it has no place in a democratic House of Representathives.
