Friday, October 26, 2012

GPH panel to CPP/NPA/NDF: Listen to the people’s cry for peace

From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 26): GPH panel to CPP/NPA/NDF: Listen to the people’s cry for peace

“Listen to the cries of our people for peace!” This was the strong appeal issued on Friday by the Government of the Philippines (GPH) peace panel headed by Alex Padilla in the wake of the call by the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army/National Democratic Front (CPP/NPA/NDF) to intensify the armed struggle that has dragged for over 40 years. “It is unfortunate that the CPP has called for the intensification of violence (in today's Business Mirror citing the CPP's official website). Such a call, no matter what the provocation or reason for it was, only succeeds to make us question the real intent of the CPP/NPA/NDF,” the government peace panel said in a press statement issued through the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP)....
“The GPH panel renews its call for the CPP-NPA-NDF to listen to the cries of our people for peace,” the peace panel said, adding that “we continue our call for our counterparts to show true sincerity in their professions of peace and concern for the people by lowering the level of violence as a prelude to peace....”

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&sid=&nid=&rid=466054

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