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| National Democratic Front of the Philippines | |
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| Pambansang Demokratikong Prente ng Pilipinas | |
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| Founders | Jose Maria Sison Fidel Agcaoili Luis Jalandoni |
| Leader | Julieta De Lima-Sison |
| Dates of operation | 24 April 1973 – present |
| Newspaper | Liberation |
| Active regions | Philippines |
| Ideology | National democracy Communism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Designated as a terrorist group by |  Philippines[1][2][3] |
| Website | www |
TheNational Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP;Filipino:Pambansang Demokratikong Prente ng Pilipinas, PDPP) is a coalition ofrevolutionarysocial andeconomic justice organizations, agricultural unions,trade unions,indigenous rights groups,leftist political parties, and other related groups in thePhilippines.[4] It belongs to the much broaderNational Democracy Movement and thecommunist rebellion in the Philippines.[5]
The Government of the Philippines, through theAnti-Terrorism Council, declared the group aterrorist organization in 2021.[6][7][8]
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Prior to the creation of the NDF, many of its affiliated organizations had already existed, including theKabataang Makabayan and theMalayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan. In 1971, the Preparatory Commission for the National Democratic Front was formed, under the initiative of the Communist Party of the Philippines, in order to bring together all the various revolutionary organizations that had been forced underground by martial law under Ferdinand Marcos.[9]
The Preparatory Commission published a Ten Point Program on April 24, 1973, marking the founding of the NDF as a "revolutionary united front organization of the Filipino people fighting for national freedom and for the democratic rights of the people." Since its founding, the NDF has served as the political wing of the CPP, building diplomatic relations abroad and representing it in peace negotiations. Its primary work is expanding political work in the cities through workers' strikes, student boycotts and protests, and aiding the revolution in the countryside.[10]
In the 1980's, elements of the CPP attempted to liquidate the NDFP and establish an organization called theBagong Katipunan (NewKatipunan) instead. Unlike the NDFP, the proposed Bagong Katipunan would be a federation of which the CPP was in equal standing to other revolutionary mass organizations. This motion was eventually defeated as part of theSecond Great Rectification Movement.[11]
The NDF has continued its work among the various sectors of Filipino society, often protesting various laws and development programs that it deems as aggravating the "basic problems of the masses" includingCARP,Philippines 2000,Visiting Forces Agreement and counter-insurgency programs.[12]
The NDFP adopted the following 12-point program to bring about "national liberation and democracy [that] seeks to provide a broad basis of unity for all social classes, sectors, groups and individual Filipinos here and abroad desirous of genuine national freedom and democracy, lasting peace and a progressive Philippines.":[13][14]
Members of the front include:[15]
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