{"id":79376,"date":"2016-08-02T01:41:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T05:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=79376"},"modified":"2016-08-02T01:41:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T05:41:20","slug":"president-duterte-wants-talk-cpp-npa-ndf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/08\/02\/president-duterte-wants-talk-cpp-npa-ndf\/","title":{"rendered":"President Duterte wants to talk again with CPP-NPA-NDF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison and President Rodrigo Duterte. (Facebook photos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014President Rodrigo Duterte admitted on Monday that the road to peace is always a rocky road but still hoping his administration could talk again with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People\u2019s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).<\/p>\n

\u201dThere is no negotiation that comes easy to us especially given the turmoil of our country. We are hoping that we could just talk, maybe we did not understand each other,\u201d the President said during the mass oath-taking of his appointees in Malacanang.<\/p>\n

President Duterte has lifted the unilateral ceasefire he declared with the communist rebels after the CPP-NPA-NDF did not reciprocate before the 5 p.m. ultimatum last Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe best way is really is to talk again and find out whether it is reachable or beyond our reach,\u201d President Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201dI hope that we can proceed with the talks the Communist Party of the Philippines and I\u2019ll be spending about 10 days after tomorrow,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The President said he will also address the problem in Mindanao, particularly the peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).<\/p>\n

President Duterte clarified that he will not talk with the bandit Abu Sayyaf Group.<\/p>\n

\u201dI will not deal with criminals. I will not deal with persons of extreme brutality. There is no redeeming factor or reason for me to sit down and talk with criminals. Pareho lang rin \u00fdan sa droga. They\u2019re out to just derail the life of a nation,\u201d President Duterte said.<\/p>\n

He said the Abu Sayyaf bandits have no ideology unlike the CPP-NPA-NDF and the MILF and MNLF.<\/p>\n

The President said he give everybody a safe conduct pass once the peace talks start with the communist and the Moro rebels.<\/p>\n

\u201dMy desire is just to see my nation at peace and for everybody in this generation before I make my exit that we will leave in peace and leave a country that is prosperous for the next generation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

President Duterte refused to react on the criticisms of communist leader Jose Maria Sison that the President was hasty to lift the ceasefire.<\/p>\n

\u201dHindi ko papatulan iyan eh. I am not an ideological poltergeist. I am the President talking properly to you to have peace in this land. Bakit man ako — hindi naman ako insecure,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

The President said his administration will pursue the peace talks with the communist rebels set on August 20 to 27 in Oslo, Norway.<\/p>\n

\u201dI cannot stop talking about peace. I am a President who is supposed to bring peace to his land. Whether it\u2019s really Sison or not, whether I\u2019d like to talk to Sison or not, it\u2019s not important, it\u2019s not relevant at all. The issue is, the left, not only Sison, but that includes Sison, the left, the entire leftist community or bloc dito sa atin. We cannot agree on all of these things. Merong right, left, center,\u201d President said.<\/p>\n

\u201dMe, at this time, I just believe that I have to look for that peace for my land during my generation. If I fail, mahirap na, including Mindanao,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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