CPP/Ang Bayan: Military arrests another NDFP consultant

English language translation of an Ang Bayan propaganda article posted to the CPP Website (Feb 7): Military arrests another NDFP consultant

Elements of the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the AFP arrested Reynaldo Hugo, a consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), last January 27 in Cabuyao, Laguna. In a statement, NDFP negotiating panel chair Luis Jalandoni roundly assailed the arrest, saying it was a serious violation of the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG).

Hugo holds NDFP Document of Identification ND978239 under the assumed name of Orgel Dimaano. A Letter of Acknowledgment has also been issued and duly signed by Silvestre H. Bello III, chair of the GPH negotiating panel under the Ramos regime.

He was undergoing medical treatment for nerve and kidney ailments when he was arrested by the military. He was subjected to intense surveillance, also in violation of the JASIG. Hugo faces ten trumped-up murder and frustrated murder cases.

The Aquino regime’s continued disrespect for the JASIG, the GPH-NDFP Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) of 1998 and other bilateral agreements are adversely affecting the peace negotiations between the GPH and NDFP.

Meanwhile, suspected military operatives abducted Edwin Anuran, a former Red fighter, along with an unidentified civilian in Barangay Sta. Cruz, Casiguran, Sorsogon on the night of January 30.

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

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