The military has expressed its willingness to “stand down”
in the area where the release of the captive army soldier might take place, a
member of the third party negotiator said Thursday.
Bishop Felixberto Calang, of the Iglesia Filipina
Independiente (IFI) and head of the third party negotiator, said that it is now
up to the communist New People’s Army (NPA) when to release the captive army
soldier.
The NPA rebels seized PFC. Adonis Jess Maghanoy Lupeba, 26,
of Iponan, Cagayan De Oro City, and a member of the army’s 58th Infantry
Battalion, during a raid of the village
of Alagatan in Gingoog City
The NPA issued a statement that the communist guerillas
would release Lupeba unconditionally as a gesture of goodwill to pave the way
the resumption of peace talk with the national government.
Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano of Misamis Oriental has created
a “crisis committee” with Calang as one of the members representing the third
party negotiator, after the family of Lupeba sought assistance from the
governor.
Calang said that the military has initially denied the
request of the NPA for a 10-day ceasefire to pave the way for the safe release
of the captive soldier.
“With the constant negotiation with the military and the
Department of National Defense (DND), there is now a possibility that the
military would cease operations in the surrounding areas where the possible
release of Lupeba might take place,” Calang said.
However, Calang said, it is now up to the NPA rebels to
decide where and when to release the army soldier being taken cared of by the
NPA’s custodial unit elsewhere.
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