{"id":239255,"date":"2019-12-06T01:34:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T06:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=239255"},"modified":"2025-01-08T06:57:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T11:57:56","slug":"duterte-orders-bello-to-talk-peace-with-sison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/06\/duterte-orders-bello-to-talk-peace-with-sison\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte orders Bello to talk peace with Sison"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte holds a situation briefing on the effects of Typhoon Tisoy at the Legazpi City Convention Center on December 5, 2019. ALFRED FRIAS\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday announced that he has directed Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to talk peace with communist founder Jose Maria Sison.<\/p>\n

The President made the announcement when he presided over the situation briefing on the effects of Typhoon Tisoy in the Bicol Region.<\/p>\n

He, however, refused to elaborate on the impending dialogue between Sison and Bello.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng ano ko ngayon<\/em>\u00a0(My stance is) I cannot stop.\u00a0Hindi ko pwedeng sabihin, ayoko nang makipag-usap<\/em>\u00a0(I cannot say I no longer want to talk to them). That is not a statement of a leader, of a president,\u201d Duterte said in a speech delivered at the Legazpi City Convention Center in Legazpi City, Albay.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow this is the first time I will reveal it.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m sending Secretary Bello.\u00a0Komunista naman talaga ito siya<\/em>\u00a0(He\u2019s really a communist) so he should go there, talk to them, and\u2026 I cannot talk about it…but I\u2019m sending him back to Sison and talk to him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte dissolved on Mar. 18, 2019 the national government\u2019s negotiating peace panel led by Bello, following the stalled peace negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines\u2019 (CPP) political wing, the National Democratic Front (NDF).<\/p>\n

On Nov. 23, 2017, Duterte inked Proclamation 360, formally terminating the peace talks with the communist guerillas, following the string of attacks staged by the New People’s Army (NPA), armed component of the CPP, launched against the government forces.<\/p>\n

The CPP-NPA has been listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.<\/p>\n

On Dec. 5, 2017, the Chief Executive signed Proclamation 374, classifying the CPP and NPA as terror organizations because of the crimes they supposedly committed “against the Filipino people, against humanity, and against the law of the nations.”<\/p>\n

Duterte, in his latest speech, said he cannot close the door on the possible resumption of talks with the communist movement, stressing that the nation is \u201clonging for peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should understand that the quest for [or] the longing for peace is always there, and not for the military and the police but for everybody.\u00a0Kailangan<\/em>\u00a0(It is necessary that) the doors must be open always or there must be at least one channel, if everything closes,\u00a0na pwede mong pakiusapan<\/em>\u00a0(that you can tap),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMalaman lang ninyo iyang pagdating ng panahon<\/em>\u00a0(You will know at the right time) what will happen next. If he (Sison) agrees,\u00a0ito ang sabi ko<\/em>\u00a0(I said this) is the last card. When I say my last card, my time is running out,\u201d Duterte added.<\/p>\n

The peace negotiations between the national government and the NDF have been intermittent since it began in 1986.<\/p>\n

Duterte had a relatively warm relationship with the communist rebels during his first months in office, but he was enraged by NPA\u2019s continued attacks against the government troops, despite the ongoing peace talks.<\/p>\n

In December 2018, Duterte signed Executive Order 70, instructing the national task force tasked to end local communism to develop measures enabling local chief executives and directing local peace bodies to conduct local peace talks with the communist insurgents.<\/p>\n

Creation of 20 new Army battalions ordered<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Duterte also acknowledged that apart from communism, terrorism is also plaguing the country.<\/p>\n

He also reiterated his concerns that the Jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) might infiltrate the entire Mindanao.<\/p>\n

To combat terror acts, Duterte ordered Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to deploy 20 new battalions from the Philippine Army in the war-torn region.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have been hit with terrorism.\u00a0Mas maano ito, mas matindi<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s more intense). And I know it\u2019s still the same, it is a crisis.\u00a0Pero<\/em>\u00a0as far as we are concerned in the government,\u00a0wala pa naman<\/em>\u00a0(it\u2019s not yet totally here). I hope it would not come.\u00a0Takot lang namin dito<\/em>\u00a0(Our fear), the only fear is the ISIS would move inner from the Sulu Islands. It might travel to Mindanao.\u00a0Iyan ang problema<\/em>\u00a0(That\u2019s a problem),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need men and as a matter of fact, I have ordered Lorenzana to move faster\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0creation\u00a0ng mga<\/em>\u00a0battalion\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0Army. Ideally, I need about 35 but I would be happy in 20 in the meantime,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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