{"id":133637,"date":"2017-11-23T21:45:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T02:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=133637"},"modified":"2017-11-23T21:45:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T02:45:48","slug":"duterte-officially-ends-peace-talks-with-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/23\/duterte-officially-ends-peace-talks-with-reds\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte officially ends peace talks with Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_133646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133646\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Duterte-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133646\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Duterte-4.jpg\" alt=\"President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday has signed the proclamation which formally terminates peace talks with the communist rebels, Malaca\u00f1ang announced. (PCOO Photo)\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Duterte-4.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Duterte-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Duterte-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Duterte-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday has signed the proclamation which formally terminates peace talks with the communist rebels, Malaca\u00f1ang announced. (PCOO Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday has signed the proclamation which formally terminates peace talks with the communist rebels, Malaca\u00f1ang announced.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement that the President signed Proclamation No. 360, declaring the termination of negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People\u2019s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).<\/p>\n<p>Roque said that Duterte also ordered the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) Panel for Peace Talks to cancel peace talks and meetings with the communist group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we agreed to resume peace talks with the aforementioned group and exerted our best efforts to accelerate the signing and implementation of the final peace agreement, the NDFP-CPP-NPA has engaged in acts of violence and hostilities,\u201d Roque stressed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We find it unfortunate that their members have failed to show their sincerity and commitment in pursuing genuine and meaningful peaceful negotiations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman said Duterte has always wanted to leave a legacy of peace under his administration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has, in fact, walked the extra mile for peace. Rest assured that he will continuously pray that we may all find the peace that we seek for our beloved country in the fullness of God\u2019s time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A copy of the proclamation was not yet available to the media.<\/p>\n<p>The proclamation was signed following the announcement of the OPAPP that the government was terminating its peace negotiations with the CPP-NPA-NDFP.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza said that there will be no peace talks anymore until such time as the \u201cdesired enabling environment conductive to a change in the government\u2019s position\u201d is evident.<\/p>\n<p>Dureza stressed that recent tragic and violent incidents in the country committed by the communist group has led to Duterte\u2019s decision to suspend talks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday has signed the proclamation which formally terminates peace talks with the communist rebels, Malaca\u00f1ang announced. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":133646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[11150,11283,3592,16128,34781,2444],"class_list":["post-133637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-communist-party-of-the-philippines","tag-national-democratic-front","tag-new-peoples-army","tag-peace-negotiations","tag-proclamation-no-360","tag-rodrigo-duterte","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}