Peace Process

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President Rodrigo Duterte with members of the Government of the Philippines and National Democratic Front peace panels following their meeting in Malacañang on September 26, 2016. (Malacañang file photo)

DOJ seeks cancellation of temporary liberty to NDFP consultants

The Department on Justice (DOJ) wants the cancellation of the temporary liberty granted by the ?courts to detained National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultants and Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) leaders after the talks between them and the government fell in limbo.

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Read more about the article NAPC, Mindanao leaders ask Duterte for resumption of peace talks
Bayan Muna partylist Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate (middle) emphasizes the lawmakers role in peace-building by crafting legislations that are on the side of the marginalized, during the second Mindanao Peace Forum for Legislators and Local Governments held here June 21-22. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

NAPC, Mindanao leaders ask Duterte for resumption of peace talks

Apprehensive that the re-scheduling of the peace talks could further result to the escalation of the armed conflict and dislocation of civilians especially in the countryside, Mindanao multi-sectoral leaders have asked the Duterte administration to push for the resumption of the negotiation and to “do all the necessary steps and forward reforms that would end poverty in all forms.”

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Palace changes tone on NDFP talks

Having stayed the scheduled resumption of the peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front supposed to happen on June 15, President Rodrigo Duterte changed tone and wanted the negotiations to continue in the Philippines.

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PANEL TO PANEL. Peace panels from the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, together with the facilitators from the Royal Norwegian Government, resume their session on Sunday morning, May 28 to continue on sorting out how to push through with the scheduled fifth round of talks at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Talks, informal back channel with Reds on, OPAPP chief confirms

The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) confirmed that talks with the informal back channel are being facilitated by representatives from the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and negotiators from the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in Europe.

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