Duterte ‘sabotaged’ peace talks, says Joma Sison

Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Friday said that President Rodrigo Duterte “sabotaged the GRP-NDFP peace process.

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This statement came after Duterte on Thursday signed Proclamation No. 360, officially terminating negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).

Sison said Duterte violated the “mutual agreement that talks would be discreet until there would be good news to announce at the end of the fifth or sixth round of formal talks” by ranting about the peace negotiations on numerous occasions.

Moreover, Sison accused Duterte of spouting “lies” which includes the NDFP ignoring the GRP proposal for a stand down agreement prior to the adoption and implementation of the coordinated unilateral ceasefire.

“There are symptoms that Duterte is mentally unfit to handle the complexities of the affairs of his state and the peace process between the GRP and NDFP,” Sison said.

DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FOR 11/ 24 /17