The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) exposed the mounting attacks against China by American stooges, invoking defense of Philippine sovereignty, as having the effect of deflecting the people’s attention from the mounting global outrage against US imperialism. The CPP Chief Information officer Marco Valbuena said these lackeys “hope to perpetuate the false American narrative that US military presence is needed to protect the country”.

Commodore Jay Tarriela, spokesperson of the Philippine Coast Guard for the West Philippine Sea, using mock images of Chinese leader Xi Jinping in a forum, provoked a strong reaction from Guo Wei, deputy spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in Manila. Guo, denouncing Tarriela for violating China’s political dignity and stepping on the bounds of diplomatic relations, demanded disciplinary measures.

Senator Risa Hontiveros -who is pandering to the US to advance her 2028 presidential ambitions- denounced Guo as “very undiplomatic” and “a bad guest”. A Senate resolution she initiated denounced China, further heightening tensions.

Tarriela is a mouthpiece of US policy. Prior to his present appointment, he underwent a training program in the East-West Center in Washington in 2021, given the task of portraying China as an aggressor in the South China Sea and divert attention away from US build-up of military presence in the South China Sea. He works in close collaboration with US psywar agent Raymond Powell, who established the SeaLight Foundation on the same year.

Diehard US supporter Hontiveros, other senators and representatives in Congress hypocritically act as guardians of Philippine sovereignty by allowing the US to use the country in its “first island strategy” to contain China. On Aug. 7 and 8, the Philippines and the United States have approved more than 500 joint military activities for 2026 during the recent Mutual Defense Board-Security Engagement Board (MDB-SEB).

The escalation of anti-Chinese tirades by Philippine officials and politicians coincides with a period of growing international isolation for US imperialism. This comes after its military aggression in Venezuela and abduction of its president Nicolas Maduro, declarations of taking over Greenland, threats against Mexico, Colombia, Panama, increased aggression against Cuba, and subversive activities in Iran accompanied by threats of an invasion. These have roused global indignation even among US traditional allies who, ironically, have responded by strengthening their ties with China.

There are patriotic groups in Congress who opposed the US lackeys. ACT-Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio expressed the Makabayan Bloc’s condemnation over the US’ military aggression against Venezuela—tagging it as “yet another chapter in US imperialism’s long history of violating the sovereignty of nations that refuse to submit to its diktat.”

Mamamayang Liberal party-list Rep. Leila de Lima said the US “throws the global order back to a barbaric ‘might makes right’ regime, discarding all the progress achieved by the UN, 80 years after the end of World War II”.

The CPP asserts, “It is the growing threat of full-scale US military aggression in Asia, in collaboration with junior imperialist partners Japan and Australia, that the Philippines need to protect itself from. The Filipino people must stand firm for national sovereignty and demand that the country be free from the presence of all foreign military troops. With the US expansion of its military presence in the country, the greater the likelihood that the Philippines will be dragged into a devastating war that will serve only US hegemonic interests.”