Brexit, The Digong and voters’ rage

The two choices of “Remain” or “Leave” have roiled the Philippine Left for so long that the bitter, disruptive parting of cohesion and union, such as the Brexit, no longer surprise us. The Philippine Left just phrased it differently – Reaffirm and Rejectionists - to demarcate the line between those pursuing Mao’s dream of encircling the city from the countryside from those offering other paths to gaining political power, a parliamentary option not ruled out.

“Remain” or “Leave” has been a long-running, vexing dilemma of the Philippine Left, now mostly fought by the various factions’ above-ground organizations. The Rejectionists have mostly seen the decimation of their underground armies so they have to fight the mainstream Left through their above-ground mass organizations.