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Sison, however, said the petition is “a problem” because it has banned NDFP communist consultants from participating in peace negotiations.
“That kind of obstacle or hindrance must be dealt with properly in a timely manner,” the Netherlands-based Sison said in an interview with ANC.

The petition is “a problem” because it has banned NDFP communist consultants from the 2 organizations from participating in peace negotiations, said Sison, founder of the CPP.

He also reminded that Duterte, whom he had a word war with in November after he tagged the CPP and the New People’s Army (NPA) as terrorists, still enjoys his support.

Peace talks resumption should have no preconditions —CPP founder Joma April 5, 2018 In a phone interview on Dobol B sa News TV, Sison from The Netherlands said…

The resumption of peace talks between the GRP and NDFP negotiating panels is needed precisely to deal with substantive issues and complaints.In the same round of formal talks, as well as in preceding consultations, the panels can present conflicting positions and subsequently seek to solve the problems on mutually acceptable grounds.

The NDFP is sincere in engaging in peace negotiations with the GRP in order to obtain comprehensive agreements on social, economic and political reforms to address the roots of the armed conflict and lay the basis for a just and lasting peace in accordance with The Hague Joint Declaration

The GRP and NDFP as negotiating parties must comply with agreements already signed and approved by them, such as The Hague Joint Declaration, JASIG, Joint Agreement on the Reciprocal Working Committees, CARHRIHL and others. In resuming the peace negotiations, these agreements must be reaffirmed and followed. Obstacles and hindrances to the peace negotiations must be done way with

As a rabid reactionary, Lorenzana obscures and denies the fact that the cause of underdevelopment and mass poverty in the Philippines is US and other foreign monopoly powers which take out superprofits from the country and the conniving local reactionary classes of big compradors, landlords and corrupt high officials of the reactionary government

While official accounts and statements about President Kim’s visit to China do not provide details of the official’s exchanges and agreements, the issue of peace in the Korean Peninsula was surely high on the agenda. The visit which lasted from March 25 to 28 was the first foreign trip by President Kim Jong-un since he assumed leadership of the DPRK in 2011

The organizers have estimated that around 100,000 Palestinians would participate in the protest actions. The protests are to culminate on May 15 on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the partition of historic Palestine in 1948 that created the state of Israel which the Palestinians call Al Nakba (catastrophe) day