{"id":147082,"date":"2018-01-17T21:27:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T02:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=147082"},"modified":"2018-01-17T21:27:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T02:27:08","slug":"pnp-to-arrest-hunt-down-tiamzon-couple-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/17\/pnp-to-arrest-hunt-down-tiamzon-couple-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"PNP to arrest, hunt down Tiamzon couple: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (PCOO Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang on Wednesday said the Philippine National Police (PNP) has the duty to serve the warrant of arrest on three rebel leaders, including the Tiamzon couple, after a local court granted the Department of Justice\u2019s (DOJ) motion for the cancellation of their bail following the collapse of peace talks between the government and communist rebels.<\/p>\n

In a January 11 decision, Judge Thelma Bunyi-Medina of the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 32 granted the motion of the DOJ and issued a warrant of arrest for communist leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon and Adelberto Silva.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. said the police \u201cwill have to serve warrant of arrest on them\u201d and were duty-bound to conduct manhunt operations against the three communist leaders if they go in hiding or refuse to surrender.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice must hunt them down. That’s what is expected of them,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

The Tiamzons are facing murder charges over the killing of 15 civilians found in a mass grave in Leyte.<\/p>\n

Benito Tiamzon is identified as the chairman of Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples’ Army (CPP-NPA) while his wife Wilma is the secretary-general of the group.<\/p>\n

They were granted bail in 2016 to allow them to participate in formal peace talks as consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).<\/p>\n

On Nov. 23, 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation 360 declaring the termination of peace talks with the communist rebels due to the NPA’s continued violent attacks on government forces and civilians.<\/p>\n

The President also labeled the CPP-NPA as terror organization.<\/p>\n

In the RTC order, the court stated that the recommitment and cancellation of the respective bail bonds of the rebel leaders \u201care warranted under the facts at hand.”<\/p>\n

“Inarguably, the sole reason for their grant was to enable said accused to participate in the peace process,” the order said.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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