The Philippine government views with optimism, although with managed expectations, positive outcomes in the forthcoming resumption of peace negotiations in Rome on 19-25 January 2017 with the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army/National Democratic Front.
Chief government negotiator Silvestre “Bebot” Bello III on Monday will submit to President Rodrigo Duterte the draft documents that will be tabled for discussion during the 3rd rounds of peace talks with the National Democratic Front (NDF) when negotiations resume on January 19-25 in Rome, Italy.
Government chief peace negotiator (GRP) Silvestre ‘Bebot’ Bello made a historic first by visiting one of the village strongholds of the rebel New People’s Army (NPA) in Paquibato District, Davao City on Monday (December 26) to attend a peace forum which also coincided with the 48th anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE PEACE TALKS
A Guarantee For Transparency, A Construction of Trust
Remarks Given During The Stakeholders’ Consultation On Political And Constitutional Reforms at the Ateneo Professional Schools Building
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December 12, 2016 (more…)
QUEZON CITY—The government (GRP) panel negotiating with the National Democratic Front (NDF) upheld its commitment in facilitating the issuance of an amnesty proclamation and the release of detained communist rebels on Wednesday, December 7, during the Congressional hearing on the proposed amnesty measure.
Earnest efforts have been ongoing on the releases of prisoners. But necessary legal processes take a while as cases are within the jurisdiction of the judiciary, an independent & co-equal branch. We understand their angst and impatience but we are all forgetting that these efforts were never possible nor even imaginable in the previous times. It is only in the Duterte administration that these releases are all happening.
DAVAO CITY—A top official of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) has said that President Rodrigo R. Duterte does not distinguish between friend or foe and is willing to go to great lengths to push forward the peace process in Mindanao.
The members of the government peace panel negotiating with the National Democratic Front (NDF) offer deepest sympathy to the family of peasant leader Bernabe Ocasla who passed away on Monday at Jose Reyes Hospital in Manila. (more…)
During the first round of talks, the government and the NDF agreed to transform their separate indefinite unilateral ceasefire into a joint, bilateral ceasefire within two months from the signing of their Joint Statement last August 26.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The government (GRP) negotiating panel for talks with the National Democratic Front (NDF) has reiterated the importance of having a broad and strong public support with regard achieving a final peace agreement with the communist insurgents, citing specific areas where civil society can help.
“If we succeed in building a constituency which manifests the true will of the people, can two sides say no to that strong public voice?” explained Atty. Efren Moncupa, chair of the GRP Monitoring Committee on the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).
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