Topic: Netherlands

peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) would probably resume on the second or third week of January

“In my particular case as chief political consultant of the NDFP (National Democratic Front of the Philippines), I cannot give up the legal protection that I enjoy under the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights and practically surrender myself to a regime and its armed minions that are notorious for gross human rights violations,” the communist leader wrote.

“The NDFP cannot submit itself to any situation and process in which it comes under the duress, control, and surveillance by the armed minions of Duterte,”

“There is hard work ahead for negotiators and consultants … for the peace negotiations to move forward,”

The most militarist-minded and brutal officers of the AFP and PNP must be reminded to stop pipe-dreaming about entrapping the NDFP negotiating personnel in Metro Manila

Holding peace negotiations in neutral territory is standard practice among peace processes in history

Sison said the planned meeting between him and the President, as reported by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, is not a remote possibility but may not happen in the Philippines

“More or less magkakaroon ng resumption, pero how, when, anong mga process, what the process will be are still to be determined,”

He said the signing of the IPA would contribute to the success of the talks and add to mutual confidence-building measures.

Exiled communist party founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison again inserted himself into the discussion about President Rodrigo Duterte’s health, saying his friendly advice to his former student was resign, get full medical treatment and rest