{"id":163078,"date":"2018-05-08T05:28:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T09:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=163078"},"modified":"2018-05-08T05:47:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T09:47:27","slug":"oppap-govt-holds-talks-informal-talks-with-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/08\/oppap-govt-holds-talks-informal-talks-with-reds\/","title":{"rendered":"OPPAP: Gov\u2019t holds talks informal talks with reds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Our team is now in Europe and we are informed that there are initial positive results so far,” Dureza said\u00a0 (Photo By RENE LUMAWAG\/Presidential Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In pursuit of peace, the government is now having informal backchannel negotiations with the communist rebels in Europe, for the possible resumption of the peace talks, according to the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPPAP).<\/p>\n

According to OPPAP\u2019s statement, Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary and the tasked chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III informed President Rodrigo Roa Duterte during their Cabinet meeting on May 7, Monday that \u201chis clear directives are being relayed across the table and are now the subject of discussions in the ongoing meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur team is now in Europe and we are informed that there are initial positive results so far,\u201d Dureza said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bello added, \u201cWe are doing our best to meet the deadline set by the President about the resumption of talks within 60 days.\u201d<\/p>\n

In late April, Duterte invited the National Democratic Front of the Philippines\u2019 (NDFP\u2019s) Chief Political Consultant Jose Maria \u201cJoma\u201d Sison, who has been exiled in the Netherlands, to come to the Philippines for the peace talks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI created a small window \u2013 60 days. My proposal to Sison, I will not go there. We\u2019re fighting for the Philippines, so you come here,\u201d the President said and even offered to pay for Sison\u2019s fare, billeting, and food.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake advantage of that 60 days. If it succeeds, then I would like to thank God first and the Filipino people and the military and the police for their understanding,\u201d Duterte added.<\/p>\n

Sison responded to Duterte saying that he will return when there is a \u201csignificant advancement in the peace negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn response, I declare that I will certainly return home when a significant advance in the peace negotiations has been achieved within the framework of The Hague Joint Declaration and when my comrades and lawyers are satisfied with legal and security precautions,\u201d Sison said in a statement on April 23.<\/p>\n

He also thanked Duterte\u2019s \u2018expressed wish of his homecoming and assured hospitality and guarantees of safety.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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