Para sa mga dating rebelde, gayunpaman, ang Ikatlong Pagwawasto ay hindi isang lunas.

How can people like us remain revolutionary… without being armed insurgents?

When Typhoon Uwan hammered the northern coast of Aurora, communities were left clinging to what little remained while waiting for help that moved too slowly. Roads were blocked, towns were dark, and many found themselves isolated with no clear sense of when government relief would arrive. In those critical first hours, the fastest responders were former rebels from Buklod Kapayapaan.

Hitik sa mga aral at repleksyon ang ginanap na “Women and International Law: Legal Dialogue and Testimonial Sharing of Women Former Rebels” na inilunsad ng Kalinaw Southeastern Mindanao Inc. (Kalinaw SEMR) at Rizal Memorial Colleges – School of Law (RMC-SOL) nitong ika-8 ng Nobyembre sa Camp General Manuel T. Yan Sr., Mawab, Davao de Oro.

Amid the noise of “political victories” and the celebrations over the Mayo Uno 6 acquittal, one truth refuses to go away. The Mayo Uno 6 refers to six youth activists who were recently cleared of all charges from the 2024 Labor Day protest. But while the public celebrated, something darker remained unresolved. Within the youth group at the center of this case, they chose to keep a man accused of serious abuse. They kept a criminal in their ranks, and that fact still haunts th

For former rebels, however, the Third Rectification is not a cure. It is a defensive consolidation, a last-ditch attempt to resuscitate an exhausted strategy by doubling down on doctrine and discipline.

True enough, familiar narratives about “red-tagging” and the “crimes of the state” surfaced, while the realities of underground recruitment and armed struggle were again buried under rhetoric.

In that room, surrounded by facilitators, counselors, and fellow former rebels, they began to tell their stories

Understanding the forum as fascist obscures the real concerns being raised and simplifies a nuanced discussion into mere rhetoric.

That was the moment the war began to change in my heart. I began to question everything, not the dream of justice, but the path we took to reach it.