One group that heavily criticized the military expansion program is the Partido Bagong Pilipinas, the largest of the three nationalist parties in the country that emerged alongside the socialist parties after the great depression.
Their aim is not only to give power to the masses, but upright changing the country's political and economic structure, which they claim abuses the masses while favoring the elite. Citing how the rich businessmen gained more wealth during the recent crisis while the common Filipinos suffered and got left behind.
They also cited the influence of Western capitalism on the country's economic system as an illness that needs to be removed before it causes more suffering to the common folk.
In line with this, the speaker cited the party's vision of having all businesses in the country be jointly owned by the government and the people ensuring no one gets left behind.
Privately owned businesses who don't comply, and foreign businesses will be expropriated without compensation as they should be seen as enemies that put their own wealth over the welfare of the people.
At the party's protest rally at the center of Paseo de la Luneta, with the attendance of a few dozen of their local supporters, they took advantage of the unpopularity of the military's expensive expansion program by focusing on what seemed to be the military and government ignoring the plight of the masses, who are still recovering from the pandemic and the great depression.
They argued that Japan posed no threat to the country and should be considered an eternal friend of the Filipinos. They reminded the people of how Japan helped the country in its fight for freedom as without their help the country would have been ruled over and exploited by the Americans.
They further accused the military of using the non-existent threat from Japan to further their business interests in the arms industry citing the generous benefits the government promised.
The proposed budget cuts to the education and public welfare departments to further their criticism of the government's lack of empathy the plights of the common people.
One of the speakers, Rudolfo Ramos, reminded once again the people of the events of the Great War. The corrupt politicians colluded with the British and brought the country to war even though the nation was still reeling from the invasion of the Americans.
They reminded people that the politicians took bribes and used the nation's money to advertise the war instead of helping those truly in need.
By the end of his speech, the speaker added that Filipino soldiers died in a foreign land in a war they weren't supposed to be in. This, the speaker said, is what the current regime is doing right now.
War with Japan is just a pretext to once again line their pockets with stolen riches. The people should rise up and not let the regime do what they want.
As Ramos finished his speech, their supporters cheered while admonishing the current administration.
Some people in the park listened to the speech, seemingly convinced, while some walked away. The speech seemed like a call for a revolution and most do not want to get caught up should the authorities decide to arrest them.
Partido Bagong Pilipinas officers had been travelling many times to Japan in hopes of garnering financial and political support. They promised that the Philippines will always be a friend of Japan should their party manage to get congressional majority as well as win the presidency.
They promised to help the Japanese kick-out the western powers from Asia, liberate their fellow Asians, and usher an era of greater cooperation between the Asian nations.
They mentioned the inroads being made by the socialists in South and Southeast Asia which they could use to incite and support nationalist revolutions.
The militarists in Japan are warm to the idea of having the Philippines as an ally for their inevitable conflict against the West thus they pledged monetary support for their party.
The militarists added the condition of repairing Philippine-Japanese relations as well as allowing Japanese miliary personnel to be stationed in the islands via a defense agreement.
Although the party refused the stationing of foreign military personnel, they compromised with promising to allow greater military cooperation between the two nations.
The party maintained that they cannot and will not allow foreign influences in the government. The country will and always be for the Filipinos.
On the party's South-East Asian affairs, led by Bernardo Soriano, they frequently met with Malayan, and Indonesian nationalists and promised the party's cooperation and support in bringing an end to western colonialism in the region.
One of the many topics in their meetings are the planned uprisings in both British Malaya, and the Dutch East Indies.
The consistent support of the Philippine's socialist parties for Malayan and Indonesian nationalists paved the way for greater yearning for freedom and independence among their populace.
The party made assurances that they had support from various sectors in Visayas and Mindanao who have the ability to manufacture and smuggle goods and weapons to British Malaya, and the Dutch East Indies in support for the uprisings.
In exchange, the party asked the nationalists for greater financial support in the upcoming Philippine elections.
The party's South-East Asian division also had numerous officers and members from the Moro State, one of the more vocal subgroups within the party, who had been calling the federal government to demand the return of North Borneo to the Philippines and integrate it to their state.
The division also has a sub-division that wants the country to succeed the Spanish East Indies and restore the territories that was once governed by the Captaincy General. An idea some say is a call to create an empire.
This sub-division is mostly silenced and sidelined for their imperialistic ambitions as well as the fact that much of the territories they mentioned are under Japanese administration and the party does not want to antagonize in any way the Japanese government.
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