{"id":240895,"date":"2019-12-27T05:47:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T10:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=240895"},"modified":"2019-12-27T05:47:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T10:47:54","slug":"duterte-wont-heed-sisons-preconditions-for-resumption-of-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/27\/duterte-wont-heed-sisons-preconditions-for-resumption-of-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte won\u2019t heed Sison\u2019s preconditions for resumption of talks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the 80th anniversary of the Department of National Defense at Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo in Quezon City. ACE MORANDANTE\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte will not give in to the preconditions set by Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose Maria Sison for the possible resumption of peace negotiations, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSabi ni Presidente, kung ayaw niya (Sison), eh ‘di huwag (The President said if he does not want it, then he\u2019s fine with it),\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo told Palace reporters. \u201c(It will be) no deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a message for the CPP\u2019s 51st founding anniversary, Sison said the communists\u2019 holiday truce with government troops until Jan. 7, 2020 is aimed at creating an environment \u201cfavorable to the resumption of peace negotiations.”<\/p>\n

Sison also said the planned revival of talks can only be realized \u201cby reaffirming the mutual agreements since the Hague Joint Declaration of 1992, by superseding the presidential issuances that previously terminated and prevented peace negotiations, and by laying the ground for the Interim Peace Agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n

The communist founder said the interim peace deal should be a package of agreements, which include the \u201cgeneral amnesty and release of all political prisoners; the approval of articles of the Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms, particularly those on agrarian reform and rural development and national industrialization and economic development; and coordinated unilateral ceasefires.\u201d<\/p>\n

Panelo said Sison has no right to make demands for the possible resumption of peace talks between the national government and the CPP\u2019s political wing, the National Democratic Front (NDF).<\/p>\n

He added that Sison appeared to have no interest to revive the peace negotiations, as the communist leader tends to use the temporary ceasefire to \u201creorganize and strengthen\u201d the CPP\u2019s armed component, the New People\u2019s Army (NPA).<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first place, he doesn\u2019t have the right to demand. Pinagbibigyan na nga sila. Sila ang humihingi, hindi naman si Presidente (It\u2019s the President who\u2019s giving them the chance. They are the ones who asked for it, not the President),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHumingi sila, dami silang pinapupunta kay Presidente na ituloy ang peace talks, nag-lobby sa mga senador, Congress, kaya pinagbigyan sila ni Presidente (They sent their emissaries to the President for the resumption of peace talks. They lobbied for talks through senators, Congress, that\u2019s why the President gave them a chance),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Duterte expressed willingness to give the peace talks another chance, despite his Nov. 23, 2017 signing of Proclamation 360, which formally shelved the peace talks between the national government\u2019s peace negotiators and NDF consultants.<\/p>\n

The President admitted that he could not be totally harsh on the communists because he considers them as his \u201cfriends.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CPP-NPA is branded as a terror group by the Philippines, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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