{"id":168866,"date":"2018-07-02T21:37:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T01:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=168866"},"modified":"2018-07-02T21:37:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T01:37:59","slug":"return-to-ph-if-you-want-to-help-palace-urges-joma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/02\/return-to-ph-if-you-want-to-help-palace-urges-joma\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to PH if you want to help, Palace urges Joma"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cIt is not the government\u2019s fault that peace talks did not push through. It was Joma who backed out. We are Filipinos. What the President had said, let\u2019s talk peace here,\u201d Roque said. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday urged self-exiled communist leader Jose Maria Sison to come back and help the government\u2019s efforts to build comfortable life for the Filipinos.<\/p>\n

\u201cStop talking. If you really want to help our countrymen, you return here and be part of building a comfortable nation for the Filipino people,\u201d Roque said in a press briefing in Maasin City, Leyte.<\/p>\n

Roque said Sison should accept the invitation of President Rodrigo Duterte to conduct peace negotiations in the Philippines and not in other countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not the government\u2019s fault that peace talks did not push through. It was Joma who backed out. We are Filipinos. What the President had said, let\u2019s talk peace here,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

He said Sison should not worry of his safety since Duterte has assured him that he will not be detained in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Joma Sison is really boastful. He thinks he is the savior of the country. He said he will oust the President, the term will not be finished,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoma Sison, wake up. You\u2019re dreaming. You cannot oust a government while you are in Europe. You come back and live here in the Philippines so that you will see the condition here. Our economy is in very good condition,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Roque said while poverty still remains a problem in the country, \u201cmany\u201d have been lifted out of poverty.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause you live a comfortable life there in other country, you don\u2019t know already what the situation here in the Philippines is,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Sison went into exile in the Netherlands after former president Ferdinand Marcos\u2019 two-decade regime ended following a bloodless People\u2019s Power Revolution in 1986.<\/p>\n

Last week, Sison has reportedly said that the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) will no longer negotiate with the Duterte administration and would instead join forces to topple the government.<\/p>\n

Duterte has belittled Sison\u2019s threat, saying he finds no problem \u201cif they are not willing to talk to me\u201d.<\/p>\n

The President, however, said he would continue to reach out to the enemies of the states, including the Moro rebels in Mindanao, to bring genuine peace in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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