Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairman Jose Maria Sison said it is possible for the New People’s Army to deploy guerrilla fighters near Marawi City to help in countering local terrorist group Maute.
Businessman Joaquin Rodriguez greets National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace consultants Wilma Tiamzon during his visit to the venue of the fifth round of the peace talks between the government and the NDFP at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee, the Netherlands on Tuesday morning, May 30. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Even with the cancellation of the fifth round of talks, delegates of the government peace panel and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines continued to hold unilateral and informal meetings here Tuesday, March 31.
Peace negotiators of the communists who will be coming back to the Philippines were told that they are immune from arrests, in the wake of aborted fifth round of talks with the Philippine government.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines said they are disappointed with the setback suffered by the formal talks with the government as they hoped to achieve an agreement on social and economic reforms.