{"id":198220,"date":"2019-01-18T01:51:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T06:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=198220"},"modified":"2019-01-18T01:51:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T06:51:47","slug":"andal-might-have-been-sleep-deprived-palace-spox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/18\/andal-might-have-been-sleep-deprived-palace-spox\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Andal might have been sleep-deprived\u2019: Palace spox"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Andal claimed that the President personally informed him about his plan to let him lead backdoor talks in a wake in Manila last week. (File Photo<\/a>: Mila Nuval-Pena\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday assumed Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) head Avelino \u2018Billy\u2019 Andal was \u201csleep-deprived\u201d after claiming that President Rodrigo R. Duterte appointed him to lead backdoor talks with the Reds.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this remark after the President himself rejected Andal\u2019s claim saying he \u201chad no instruction\u201d to appoint Andal to lead backchannel talks.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Andal was not authorized. He was not authorized to do back channeling, the President himself said so,\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

\u201cSiguro puyat na siya, baka inaantok na siya, baka<\/em>\u00a0(Perhaps he was sleep-deprived, maybe he was still sleepy) he misunderstood the conversation. Can\u2019t blame him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Andal claimed that the President personally informed him about his plan to let him lead backdoor talks in a wake in Manila last week.<\/p>\n

Panelo, however, said he had no personal knowledge about the conversation which took place during the wake.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi ko alam, hindi ko alam iyan<\/em>\u00a0(I don\u2019t know that). I was not there during the\u00a0lamay<\/em>\u00a0(wake) that he referred to so I cannot… I have no personal knowledge,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Panelo said the conduct of localized peace talks with communist rebels was among the main topics discussed in the recent Armed Forces of the Philippines-Philippine National Police (AFP-PNP) command conference on Tuesday (January 15).<\/p>\n

\u201cAng sinabi sa akin ni Secretary<\/em>\u00a0(Delfin) Lorenzana,\u00a0napag-usapan doon — at saka ni Secretary<\/em>\u00a0(Hermogenes) Esperon —\u00a0iyong localized peace talks, parang doon ang concentration<\/em>\u00a0(Secretary Lorenzana and Secretary Esperon said that the conference concentrated on localized peace talks),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIni-encourage iyong peace talks sa local — hindi iyong national<\/em>\u00a0(They are encouraging local — not national peace talks),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Lorenzana has earlier expressed support for localized peace talks noting that the President did not want to be accused of turning his back against peace.<\/p>\n

In 2017, Duterte ended peace talks the CPP and its armed wing, the New People\u2019s Army, tagged by the US and the European Union as terrorist organizations, as they continued to commit abuses and demand for a coalition government.<\/p>\n

Instead, through Executive Order 70, a national task force will be created to formulate a National Peace Framework anchored on the “whole-of-nation” approach which prioritizes the delivery of basic services and social development packages by the government, facilitates societal inclusivity, and ensures active participation of all sectors of the society in the pursuit of the country’s peace agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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