STATEMENT: Overcoming obstacles is essential in peace negotiations
As a people, we must overcome obstacles to stay the course towards a just and lasting peace.
As a people, we must overcome obstacles to stay the course towards a just and lasting peace.
For all of the above reasons, the NDFP cannot as yet acknowledge receipt of the 07 February 2017 email letter of Sec. Dureza. The NDFP cannot be a party to an unjust, unreasonable and improper termination of the JASIG. The GRP bears full responsibility for its unilateral decision to terminate the effectivity of the JASIG and in effect the peace negotiations.
Ka Junie, a rebel returnee appears during the AFP-PNP press conference on Wednesday, Feb 8, 2017 at the Davao City Police Office. Ka Junie says he joined New People's Army for seven months. The Army says Ka Junie is the seventh rebel returnee from Davao Region. (Photo by Marlo Joshua Brua)
The court freed on Tuesday the alleged rebel leader who was arrested in a checkpoint here together with a consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
Negotiations should not be bogged down by accusations and counter-accusations.