Luis Jalandoni
Chief International Representative
NDFP National Executive Committee
Chief International Representative
NDFP National Executive Committee
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES
NEGOTIATING PANEL
Press Statement
14 July 2015
Compliance with the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG, 1995) and the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL, 1998) and other peace agreements is not a precondition. It is a solemn obligation arising from agreements forged meticulously by both Parties, the GRP and the NDFP.
Noncompliance means the Government of the Philippines (GPH) does not know how to honor agreements.
It is Secretary Deles who is engaged in extremely malicious kind of preconditioning. She is setting such a foolish precondition to formal peace talks as getting rid of existing agreements like the Hague Joint Declaration, the JASIG and CARHRIHL By such preconditioning, Secretary Deles obstructs the efforts to achieve an agreement on social and economic reforms and a possible truce and cooperation before the end of the current Aquino administration.
The positive actions of people like Speaker Belmonte, former President Fidel V. Ramos under whose adminstration ten agreements including the The Hague Joint Declaration (1992), the JASIG and the CARHRIHL, and former GRP Negotiating Panel Chair Silvestre H. Bello III are appreciated by the NDFP. Bello had declared, “The GPH must respect the peace agreements. For who would trust a government that does not honor and comply with agreements and contracts it has entered into.”
The NDFP likewise appreciates the call of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform and other peace advocates to honor all agreements, address the roots of the armed conflict, and resume peace talks.
LUIS G. JALANDONI
Chairperson, Negotiating Panel
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/statements/20150714_deles-is-engaged-in-malicious-kind-of-preconditioning
NEGOTIATING PANEL
Press Statement
14 July 2015
Compliance with the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG, 1995) and the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL, 1998) and other peace agreements is not a precondition. It is a solemn obligation arising from agreements forged meticulously by both Parties, the GRP and the NDFP.
Noncompliance means the Government of the Philippines (GPH) does not know how to honor agreements.
It is Secretary Deles who is engaged in extremely malicious kind of preconditioning. She is setting such a foolish precondition to formal peace talks as getting rid of existing agreements like the Hague Joint Declaration, the JASIG and CARHRIHL By such preconditioning, Secretary Deles obstructs the efforts to achieve an agreement on social and economic reforms and a possible truce and cooperation before the end of the current Aquino administration.
The positive actions of people like Speaker Belmonte, former President Fidel V. Ramos under whose adminstration ten agreements including the The Hague Joint Declaration (1992), the JASIG and the CARHRIHL, and former GRP Negotiating Panel Chair Silvestre H. Bello III are appreciated by the NDFP. Bello had declared, “The GPH must respect the peace agreements. For who would trust a government that does not honor and comply with agreements and contracts it has entered into.”
The NDFP likewise appreciates the call of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform and other peace advocates to honor all agreements, address the roots of the armed conflict, and resume peace talks.
LUIS G. JALANDONI
Chairperson, Negotiating Panel
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
http://www.philippinerevolution.net/statements/20150714_deles-is-engaged-in-malicious-kind-of-preconditioning
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