Tag: NDFP

Sison: NDFP negotiators cancelled trip to PHL due to security concerns

(Eagle News)–National Democratic Front of the Philippines negotiators cancelled their meeting with Palace officials because of security concerns, Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said. In a statement, Sison said Fidel Agcaoili, chairman of the NDFP Negotiating Panel, Coni Ledesma, member, and Luis Jalandoni, senior adviser to the panel, after all, have been “threatened with arrest by military and police authorities of the Duterte regime and (President Rodrigo) Duterte  himself has given no […]

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Two Palace officials to have informal meeting with NDFP’s Jalandoni, Agcaoili

(Eagle News)–Peace Secretary Jesus Dureza on Sunday, Nov. 18, said he may meet National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) negotiators Fidel Agcaoili and Luis Jalandoni in Manila soon. Apart from him, he said Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo was also tasked to meet with the NDFP negotiators in an “informal chat.” “I am now on my way to head the Philippine delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in New York so the planned meeting may […]

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Duterte: Jalandoni, Agcaoili requested meeting with me in PHL

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Nov. 11, said Communist Party of the Philippines peace negotiators Luis Jalandoni and Fidel Agcaoili had requested for a meeting with him in the Philippines. According to Duterte, “ang problema nila kapag huhulihin sila.” As such, he said he called for a cluster meeting with the military to discuss the same. “Sabi nila, baka, baka pa lang. It’s not a very big margin there,” he said. In November, Duterte terminated […]

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Palace justifies arrest of NDFP consultant after termination of peace talks with communist rebels

  (Eagle News) — A consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) who was released in 2016 to represent communist rebels in peace talks with the government was arrested on Thursday, November 8, for illegal possession of firearms. Vicente Ladlad was arrested in Quezon City, along with two other companions. Police said that a joint operation of the police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines seized from them high-powered firearms and […]

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PNP: Vicente Ladlad, two others nabbed for illegal possession of firearms, not because of their links to NDFP

(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Thursday, Nov. 8, clarified Vic Ladlad and two others were arrested for illegal possession of firearms and not because they were affiliated with the Communists. “They cannot hide behind the (Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantee) or any similar agreements because they violated the law, plain and simple,” PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde said. Apart from Ladlad,  Alberto and Virginia Villamor, were arrested on Thursday in San Bartolome, […]

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Sison on Duterte’s SONA: It does not present the “true state of the nation”

(Eagle News) — Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison on Tuesday, July 24, trashed President Rodrigo Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address, saying it does “not present the true state of the nation.” In a statement posted in his Facebook account, Sison called Duterte a “tyrant” for his statement against human rights advocates who criticize his war on drugs. “True to form as a tyrant, he says brutishly that the […]

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CPP: Local revolutionary groups have rejected gov’t plan for localized peace talks

(Eagle News)–Localized peace talks have been rejected by local revolutionary groups, the Communist Party of the Philippines said on Wednesday, July 18. In a statement, the CPP noted what it said was the statement of  the NPA-Venerando Villacillo Command in Northern Luzon that  said that “only the 5th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, armed state forces, intelligence units, local elite and foreign imperialist capitalists would benefit from localized peace talks.” It said the NPA-Celso Minguez […]

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NDFP denies pushing for coalition gov’t

(Eagle News) — Communist rebels denied they were demanding for a coalition government, as claimed by the government. National Democratic Front of the Philippines chief peace negotiator Fidel Agcaoili issued the statement after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said a review of pacts signed with the rebels showed ““it lays down the foundation of power sharing towards coalition government.” Apart from Lorenzana,  Eduardo Año, officer in charge of the Department of the Interior and Local Government; and […]

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Peace talks with gov’t not yet terminated, Sison clarifies

(Eagle News) — Jose Maria Sison, founding chair of the Communist Party of the Philippines, clarified on Friday, June 29, that the peace talks between his group and the government were not terminated. In a statement posted in the National Democratic Front of the Philippines website, Sison said he “can only make the pertinent advice” to the National Council of the NDFP in his capacity as chief political consultant. He said “only the (NC) of […]

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NDF: Peace talks should be held in “foreign neutral venue,” not in PHL

(Eagle News)– Communist rebels on Thursday, June 21, reiterated peace negotiations with the government should be held in a “foreign neutral venue,” contrary to President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal they be held in the Philippines. In a statement, the National Democratic Front said the two sides, after all, “must comply” with the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees, “consistent with the general practice of warring parties to negotiate peace outside of their country or their […]

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Duterte: Talks with Joma Sison may resume in July

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 14, said talks with Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines,  may resume in July. “Yung kay Sison, maybe July. I will invite him for 60 days,” Duterte said during oath-taking ceremonies of newly elected barangay chiefs in Calabarzon in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. The President made the statement minutes after Peace Secretary Jesus Dureza announced the June 28 date  Sison said the […]

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Zarate: Reds, gov’t should not set preconditions for resumption of peace talks

Says both parties should comply with “past mutual binding commitments and agreements” instead (Eagle News) — While he welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s openness to the resumption of peace talks, Bayan Muna party-list Representative Carlos Zarate said on Wednesday that both the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the government should not “set preconditions.” Zarate said in a statement that it would be “best” if the two parties would just comply with “past mutual […]

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