"Despite being confronted by Marcos' far larger AFP forces, the CPP reestablished itself in December 1968, organized the New People's Army (NPA) in March 1969, and persisted in underground work and revolutionary armed struggle," said the CPP. "Several years into Marcos' martial law, the US-Marcos dictatorship had failed to stem the growth of the people's armed struggle and had even become the the NPA's biggest recruiter by negative example.
"Sa kabila ng pagharap sa di hamak na mas malaking pwersa ng AFP ni Marcos, muling itinatag ng PKP ang sarili noong Disyembre 1968, inorganisa ang Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB) noong Marso 1969, at nagpatuloy sa lihim na pagkilos at rebolusyonaryong armadong pakikibaka," anang PKP. "Sa ilang taon ng batas militar, bigo ang dikatadurang US-Marcos na pigilan ang paglawak ng armadong pakikibaka ng mamamayan at naging pinakamalaking rekruter pa ng BHB dahil sa mga lisyang halimbawa nito.