What transpired in Tacloban City is not looting, it’s survival – KMP

MILITANT peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Monday called on the media not to be swayed with government propaganda describing what transpired in Tacloban City as “looting.”

“What transpired in Tacloban is not looting. What we saw was a clear demonstration of the peoples struggle for survival in the face of the Aquino government’s failure to respond and provide immediate relief to the victims and survivors. It is the Aquino government who looted, in fact, plundered the taxpayer’s money in the billions that’s why it is totally helpless in times of calamity,” Antonio Flores, the group’s secretary general, said in a statement.