{"id":241035,"date":"2019-12-29T05:02:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T10:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=241035"},"modified":"2019-12-29T05:02:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T10:02:10","slug":"palace-calls-for-halt-on-communist-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/29\/palace-calls-for-halt-on-communist-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace calls for halt on communist attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to ignore the recent attacks waged by the NPA rebels despite the implementation of holiday truce for the sake of the planned resumption of talks between the state peace negotiators and members of the CPP\u2019s political arm, the National Democratic Front (NDF). (File photo<\/a>: Armed Forces of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Amid the plan to revive peace negotiations, Malaca\u00f1ang on Sunday appealed to the Communist Party of the Philippines\u2019 (CPP) armed wing, the New People\u2019s Army (NPA), to honor the ceasefire deal with the government troops.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to ignore the recent attacks waged by the NPA rebels despite the implementation of holiday truce for the sake of the planned resumption of talks between the state peace negotiators and members of the CPP\u2019s political arm, the National Democratic Front (NDF).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever the reason is,\u00a0pinagbigyan sila ni Presidente kaya huwag na lang nilang uulitin<\/em>\u00a0(the President gave them another chance so they should avoid the repeat of attacks against government forces),\u201d Panelo said in an interview with dzIQ.<\/p>\n

\u201cPinapabayaan na lang ni Presidente yun. Tuloy pa rin yung<\/em>\u00a0(The President is letting that pass. There\u2019s still a plan to resume the peace talks),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The holiday ceasefire between the state forces and the NPA insurgents took effect on Dec. 23 and will expire at 11:59 p.m. of Jan. 7, 2020.<\/p>\n

While the truce was implemented ahead of the planned resumption of formal peace talks, there have been reported attacks by suspected NPA members against military and police personnel in Labo, Camarines Norte; Tubungan, Iloilo; and Quezon province on the first day of the implementation of the temporary ceasefire.<\/p>\n

A soldier was killed and six others were wounded in the attack in Camarines Norte; two cops were wounded in Iloilo; while no government troops were hurt in Quezon, Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson, Marine Brig. Gen. Edgard Arevalo earlier reported.<\/p>\n

Duterte has decided to hold a one-on-one meeting with CPP founder Jose Maria Sison in the Philippines following the series of attacks launched by NPA members during the holiday truce.<\/p>\n

Sison, Duterte\u2019s former professor, has been in self-exile in The Netherlands since 1987.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Panelo said the Chief Executive is still eager to meet Sison before the formal revival of talks.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng gusto ni Presidente, pumunta siya<\/em>\u00a0(Sison)\u00a0dito sa Pilipinas, mag-usap sila,<\/em>\u00a0one-on-one.\u00a0Kung hindi siya pupunta dito, ibig sabihin takot siya at hindi siya matapat sa kanyang mga salita<\/em>\u00a0(What the President wants is they hold a one-on-one meeting here in the Philippines. If he rejects the President\u2019s call, that means he\u2019s afraid and not sincere),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Panelo said Duterte will not heed the preconditions set by Sison for the possible resumption of peace negotiations.<\/p>\n

Sison, in a message for the CPP\u2019s 51st founding anniversary, 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 CPP leader also stressed that 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.<\/p>\n

On Dec. 3, Duterte said he would give the peace talks another chance, despite the issuance of Proclamation 360 on Nov. 23, 2017 which formally terminated the peace dialogue between the national government\u2019s peace negotiators and NDF consultants.<\/p>\n

The CPP-NPA is tagged as a terror group by the Philippines, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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