"If the leaders and members of the NPA were driven only by the selfish aim of enriching themselves, they would instead simply join the government and allow themselves to be used by the criminal scalawags posing as politicians, officers of the military and police, judges and big bureacrats," said the CPP. "The biggest bandits in the Philippines are those in the Aquino regime and its big business sycophants who fund the election kitties of their favored politicians, manipulate election results, dish out and receive state favors, tax exemptions and juicy contracts to the detriment of the Filipino people."
Pinawalang-saysay ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP) ang pagbilang ng Time magazine kay Benigno Aquino III sa listahan ng 100 pinakamaimpluwensyang tao sa daigdig at nagsabing "wala itong halaga sa sambayanang Pilipino na muhing-muhi sa tuta ng US, tapat na tagapaglingkod ng malalaking dayuhang bangko at korporasyon, katuwang ng malalaking kumprador at panginoong maylupa, mapang-aping diyos-diyosan at kasapakat ng mga ismagler at mga tax evaders."