"Peace is a collective aspiration. It is not the task of government alone. It is in solidarity that we aspire for peace; it is also in solidarity that we should work for peace.
We celebrate this year’s National Peace Consciousness Month aware of the gains of our Government's peace processes with the different armed groups in the country, but deeply cognizant of the need to move forward in our negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army/National Democratic Front (CPP/NPA/NDF).
This year’s theme “Nagkakaisang Bayan para sa Kapayapaan,” encourages every Filipino -- rebel, soldier, student, housewife, professional -- to transcend ideological boundaries and respond positively to our people's yearning for peace.
Time and again, we have asked the CPP/NPA/NDF to join us in searching for fair and peaceful solutions to the issues that divide us. We have asked them to engage in talks that have a clear agenda and time-table, to talk not just for the sake of talking, but to reach specific agreements that will lessen if not eradicate the violence on the ground.
History has shown that it is through earnest dialogue, not armed violence, that we can create peace.
Government's doors have always been open to peaceful dialogue; we have not lost hope that we and the communist rebels will return to the table.
On this Peace Consciousness Month, let us take the time to reflect on our individual roles in creating peace in our families and communities, and pushing for and sustaining the gains we have already made in creating peace in our country.
There is nothing stronger than a nation uniting under a singular aspiration."
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=678785
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