CPP: If surrender is all Galvez wants, we are not negotiating
CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena criticized Galvez’s opposition to calls to have the CPP, NDFP and the New People’s Army delisted from the GRP’s list of so-called terrorists.
CPP, other groups welcome possible peace talks resumption
“The Oslo Joint Statement is a first half-step in the long march leading to the resumption of formal peace negotiations, and in the even longer road of achieving the people’s aspiration for a just and lasting peace,” CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said.
GRP, NDFP announce possible resumption of peace talks
“Cognizant of the serious socioeconomic and environmental issues, and the foreign security threats facing the country, the parties recognize the need to unite as a nation in order to urgently address these challenges and resolve the reasons for the armed conflict,” the Communique said.
Global confab calls on GRP to resume talks with NDFP
“And so we urge both parties in the process to resume the peace process, which should never have been stalled,” ICHRP president Peter Murphy said.
Advocates welcome report of peace talks resumption; warn of ‘fake amnesty and surrender’
“Whatever the real score is, we hope that the government will rethink its bloody all-out war strategy against the CPP/NPA/NDFP that was resumed when former President Rodrigo Duterte terminated the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations in November 2017,” the advocates said.
CPP vows justice for Tiamzons and companions a year after deaths
“The revolutionary forces reiterate their vow to attain justice for the Tiamzons and all other victims of state terrorism,” CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said.
Farmers demand justice for NDFP consultant 3 years after assassination
UMA said it condemns the Ferdinand Marcos Jr. government for maintaining former President Rodrigo Duterte’s violent counter-insurgency programs that resulted in Echanis’ assassination.
Reds dismiss Marcos offer of amnesty as ‘treachery’
“Marcos’ offer of amnesty for those who will surrender is duplicitous, considering that close to 800 political prisoners remain in jails, and every day, people are being arrested and persecuted for their political beliefs and social commitment,” CPP information officer Marco Valbuena said.
NDFP vows continuation of agrarian reform campaigns, ‘with or without peace talks’
De Lima pointed out that agriculture remains a major base of the Philippine economy, one that remains afflicted by “traditional feudal relations of production, by backward, non-mechanized, non-irrigated, and with low output.”
Ex-GRP negotiator advises resumption of peace talks with NDFP
“This is an unsolicited advice: they resume the peace talks with the NDFP. Because, the first thing that may happen if things turn out well, there will be lasting ceasefire,” veteran GRP peace negotiator Hernani Braganza said.