An official of the National Union of People’s Lawyers vowed on Friday that it would bring the farmers’ land reform issue to court, a promise to the thousands of protesting farmers who were in this city for the “Kampuhan sa Dabaw.”
The third party facilitator for the peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front lauded the success of the third round of talks held in Rome, Italy.
“One instrument that can dismantle the great divide between you and the people is to have connectivity, to feel that Mindanao is one house and to feel that we belong to a one family.”
After a week of negotiations, the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines concluded the third round of talks here on Wednesday night, Jan. 25.
Jose Maria Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines, missed the closing ceremony of the third round of talks with the Philippine government here after being admitted to the hospital Wednesday night.