{"id":167056,"date":"2018-06-15T23:26:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T03:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=167056"},"modified":"2018-06-15T23:26:45","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T03:26:45","slug":"afp-backs-prrd-decision-to-postpone-peace-talks-anew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/15\/afp-backs-prrd-decision-to-postpone-peace-talks-anew\/","title":{"rendered":"AFP backs PRRD decision to postpone peace talks anew"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_164195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164195\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Col.-Edgard-Arevalo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164195\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Col.-Edgard-Arevalo.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: &quot;The Armed Forces of the Philippines is one with the nation in earnestly yearning for a lasting peace in our land that will be owned by and acceptable to the Filipino people at large,&quot; AFP spokesperson Col. Edgard Arevalo said in a message to reporters Friday. (PNA photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Col.-Edgard-Arevalo.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Col.-Edgard-Arevalo-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-164195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: &#8220;The Armed Forces of the Philippines is one with the nation in earnestly yearning for a lasting peace in our land that will be owned by and acceptable to the Filipino people at large,&#8221; AFP spokesperson Col. Edgard Arevalo said in a message to reporters Friday. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Armed Forces of the Philippines has expressed its strong support for President Rodrigo Duterte&#8217;s decision to postpone the resumption of peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) to allow the public to engage more in the peace process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Armed Forces of the Philippines is one with the nation in earnestly yearning for a lasting peace in our land that will be owned by and acceptable to the Filipino people at large,&#8221; AFP spokesperson Col. Edgard Arevalo said in a message to reporters Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is for this reason that we support the desire of our Commander-in-Chief to afford more time for consultation with the public with regard to the matters discussed during the back channel talks and ensure that its substance enjoy the support of a broader mass base,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Arevalo added that the AFP subscribes to the shared aspiration towards the attainment of a just and lasting peace through dialogues and deliberations.<\/p>\n<p>While waiting for this, he said the military shall continue to perform its mandate to protect the people, ensure peace, and uphold the territorial integrity of the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Armed Forces of the Philippines has expressed its strong support for President Rodrigo Duterte&#8217;s decision to postpone the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":164195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[3244,2532,13135],"class_list":["post-167056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-armed-forces-of-the-philippines","tag-peace-talks","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167056","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=167056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}