The government peace panel has finally sealed the fate of the fifth round of talks by withdrawing from it.
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The peace panels from the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines manage to share laughter as they resume session at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands on Sunday morning (4pm PHT). (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
After an impasse on the fifth round of talks on the first day of the supposed opening ceremony yesterday, members of the peace panels from the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines gathered in a Eucharistic mass officiated by a Filipino Archbishop here Sunday, May 28.
The Reciprocal Working Committee on Social and Economic Reforms of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines said it is vital to ink a deal to have a conducive environment to proceed with the peace negotiation
The fifth round of talks between the Philippine government and communists was put on hold on the day that it was supposed to open here Saturday, May 27. Both peace panels said it will be deliberating further on the formal resumption of the talks today.
(L-R) Government peace panel chair Silvestre Bello III and Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza appear to be discussing the final instructions from Malacañang related to the resumption of the fifth round of talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines on on Saturday evening, May 27 (around 12 am PHT, May 28). The Parties meet in a panel to panel discussion at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee, in the Netherlands.(Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Members of the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace panels pose for a photo op together with the officials of the Royal Norwegian Government hosting the fifth round of talks at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands on Saturday evening, May 27 (around 12 am PHT, May 28). (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
The scheduled opening ceremony for the fifth round of talks between the government and the communists was suspended as the Philippine government announced that it will not participate in the scheduled fifth round of talks here until communists cease its armed operations.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines said it is one with the Philippine government in fighting local terrorists groups.
Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza said the Martial Law in Mindanao declared by President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday will target “anybody who will disrupt the peace.”
