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(Eagle News) — Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte on Friday, July 6, lashed out at Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison for his comment he and his father, President Rodrigo Duterte, were the “biggest protectors of illegal drugs in the country.” “Joma Sison’s accusation….confirms that the founder of the oldest terror group in Southeast Asia is completely losing it,” the younger Duterte said in a Facebook post. According to the presidential son, […]
(Eagle News) — Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison on Thursday, July 5, said President Rodrigo Duterte was “driving another nail to completely shut down” peace talks by demanding that they be held in the Philippines. “He knows fully well that the demand to hold talks in the Philippines is unacceptable and unworkable for the (National Democratic Front of the Philippines), unless he thinks the NDFP will be negotiating only to […]
(Eagle News) –The Palace on Monday, July 2, shrugged off the pronouncement of Jose Maria Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines, that the ouster of President Rodrigo Duterte was “highly probable.” “Mantakin niyo, patatalsikin daw si Presidente, di raw matatapos ang termino, Joma Sison, gumising ka na,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Roque also lashed out at Sison, who he said was a “braggart.” “Di ka pwede magpatalsik ng gobyerno pag […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 28, shrugged off the Communist rebels’ decision to no longer hold peace talks with his administration. “E di mas mabuti..Ano to, negotiations, negosyo? If they are not willing to talk to me, that’s fine,” the President told reporters in Panglao, Bohol. According to Duterte, he was just a “worker of government” whose “main task is just to find peace for my country.” He questioned Sison’s earlier proposal […]
(Eagle News) — Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison on Thursday, June 22, accused the government of being “inconsistent and self-contradictory.” Sison made the statement after the government announced a suspension of backchannel talks with them, pending a public consultation and a review of pacts reached by both sides during the negotiations. “It seems to wish that the gains and agreements made in the back channel talks be preserved but it has […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has suspended backchannel talks with the Communist rebels. In a statement, Hernani Braganza, the government’s negotiator for those talks, said the suspension was “pending the three-month review of all signed agreements related to the peace negotiations.” Braganza said the decision was so the government could make use of the three-month period for public consultations. “It is our fervent hope that the consultations will help galvanize public support to peace […]
(Eagle News) — Peace negotiations between the government and the Communist rebels may resume in July. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte himself, who spoke before newly elected barangay captains in Central Visayas on Thursday, June 7. A media report quoted Communist Party of the Philippines Founding Chairman Jose Maria Sison as saying, however, that the talks were expected to resume on June 28 in Oslo, Norway. A resumption of peace talks, though, would be a […]
(Eagle News)–National Democratic Front of the Philippines chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison said he “has a “reason to be optimistic” about the resumption of peace talks. He said this was “on the basis of the hard and productive work that the panels have already done in the form of back that the panels have already done in the form of back channel consultations, consensus building and bilateral drafting, unless the Duterte regime is once more […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang assured Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose Maria Sison that he will not be arrested if he comes to the country to participate in peace talks. This was according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., who stressed the 60-day timeframe set by President Rodrigo Duterte for the revived peace talks with the CPP-New People’s Army. Roque also said that this timeframe could be the “last chance” for peace […]
(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founder Joma Sison said he was willing to end his exile in The Netherlands and talk peace. In a radio interview on Monday, April 23, Sison said, however, that peace negotiations should be sufficiently pushed and that these were “not easily upset by peace spoilers.” By peace spoilers he said he meant players within the military who would benefit with ongoing skirmishes between the government and the communist rebels. […]
Assures them of safe passage (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, April 13, reiterated his invitation for Communist leaders abroad to come home, assuring them of safe passage. “I will give them my personal and official guarantee na during the two months na punta sila dito, they will not be arrested, they will not be molested, they will not be whatever, (be caused) any inconvenience,” he said in his speech upon his arrival […]
(Eagle News) — Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison on Thursday, April 4, welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to work towards the resumption of peace talks. In a phone interview over dzbb, Sison, however, noted that such a resumption should have no “preconditions.” “Kapag may gusto, dapat may laya ‘yung anumang panig na magreklamo. Ihapag niya sa pag-uusapan ng dalawang panig. Doon nalulutas ‘yung problema,” he said. Sison made the pronouncement […]
