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![[Philippines Communist Party]](../images/p/ph}cp2.gif)
collected by Zach Harden, 5 March 2001See also:
A Marxist-Leninist-Maoist armed group, the CPP was founded on 26
December 1968 by Jose Maria Sison, still its head. The CPP armed wing,
the New People's Army (NPA), was founded on 29 March 1969. The CPP
political branch is the National Democratic Front (NDF) founded on 24
April 1973. The CPP and NPA were involved in armed actions against the
government of the Philippines.
On 6 September 2007, President of the Republic Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo
signed the amnesty proclamation for members of the CPP, NPA, NDF and
other Communist groups.
After articles published in the Filipino information website
"Inquirer.net":
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20071226-108822/Joma_Sison_recalls_birth_of_CPP_in_Alaminos
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=87233
Ivan Sache, 31 May 2008
The FOTW website shows three red flags with hammer-and-sickle, the third of them with three yellow stars also found in the symbolics of the NDF and NPA flag (and in the Philippines national flag). The third flag seems to be more "specific" of the CPP than the two "generic" Communist flags. I have not been able to find anything else on the flag of the CPP.
Ivan Sache, 31 May 2008
The flag of the NPA is shown in the image gallery on the party website: http://www.philippinerevolution.net/gallery/lawakpiks.shtml, on the two following photographs: http://www.philippinerevolution.net/gallery/images/h.hbandila.min.2003.jpg, http://www.philippinerevolution.net/gallery/images/KaOris.presscon.min.2003.jpg.
The flag of NPA is red with the NPA emblem in the middle. The NPA
emblem is a white triangle with a black border and a golden star in
each corner; the triangle is charged with a spear and a machine gun.
However, the emblem of the NPA is shown in other sections of the
website as a red triangle:
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/cgi-bin/npa/pwb.pl
I understand that the triangle was made white on the flag for a better
contrast and visibility of the stars, spear and machine gun.
An article published in "The Christian Monitor", 7 September 2005,
shows a photograph of a NPA flag with a red triangle and NEW PEOPLE'S
ARMY in white letters, below the triangle. The font used seems to be
specific of the CPP and its organizations (see below the NDF flag).
The photograph was taken during a demonstration, while the
aforementioned photographs were taken in NPA camps. I guess that the
name of the organization was added "for the benefit" of the general
public.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1207/p04s01-woap.html
Ivan Sache, 31 May 2008
The flag of the NDF is prescribed in the Constitution of the NDF, as
follows:
"Section 1. The official name of the alliance is National Democratic
Front - Philippines (NDF) or Pambansang Demokratikong Prente ng
Pilipinas (PDPP). "Philippines" or "Pilipinas" may be dropped only if
the context in which the name is used is clear.
Section 2. The emblem of the NDF is a white equilateral triangle with
a gold star at each corner and the gold initials of the NDF at the
center circumscribed by a blue circular band on which the name
National Democratic Front - Philippines is written.
Section 3. The flag of the NDF is divided into two fields, red on top
and blue on the bottom. Superimposed at the center is a white
equilateral triangle with a gold star at each corner and the gold
initials of the NDF at the center. The NDF flag expresses continuity
of the revolutionary traditions which gave birth to the Philippine
national flag."
http://ndfp.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=31
The flag of the NDF is shown in the photo gallery on the party website:
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/gallery/lawakpiks.shtml,
on the three following photographs:
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/gallery/images/h.ndfflag.min.2003.jpg
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/gallery/images/uf.midya1.min.2003.jpg
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/gallery/images/h.tableau2.min.2002.jpg
The lettering is particularly visible on the last photograph, which
also shows a red flag with a yellow emblem, seemingly related to NPA
rather than to NDF.
Ivan Sache, 31 May 2008
![[Philippines Communist Party]](../images/p/ph}cpp.gif)
collected by Dov Gutterman, 24 January 1999
From http://www.philippinerevolution.net/
![[Philippines Communist Party]](../images/p/ph}cp1.gif)
collected by Zach Harden, 5 March 2001
These flags were seen in an Associated Press photo of funeral, draped over a
coffin.
Zach Harden, 5 March 2001
