"The workers and peasant masses of Pampanga province continue to suffer from intolerably oppressive and exploitative conditions in the big haciendas, sugar centrals, in the lahar quarrying areas, as well as in the so-called special economic zones," said the CPP. "Tens of thousands of peasant masses are being displaced as a result of widespread land grabbing by big landlords and so-called developers who are in league with the ruling Aquino regime."
Enggrandeng operasyong saywar kasabay ng operasyong kombat ang isinagawa ng AFP sa Negros, na tinutuwangan ng Simbahan, mga rebisyunistang taksil, lokal na gubyerno, mga despotikong panginoong maylupa-malalaking kumprador burgesya.