"For all of General Palparan's acerbic rhetoric against the New People's Army (NPA), his battlefield record against the NPA was unremarkable," pointed out the CPP. "He gained his notoriety in employing AFP terrorism against civilians and activists whom he invariably regarded and treated as armed combatants."
Tinukoy ng PKP na "sa kabila ng maaanghang na salita ni General Palparan laban sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB), wala namang binatbat ang rekord niya sa kombat laban sa BHB," pagdidiin ng PKP. "Naging bantog siya sa paggamit ng terorismo ng AFP laban sa mga sibilyan at aktibista na ibinibilang at tinatrato niya bilang mga armadong kombatant."