NDF peace negotiator and spokesman Fidel Agcaoili, in file photo by Raymund Villanueva of Kodao Productions.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines submitted late Wednesday its nominees to three of the four Cabinet positions that incoming president Rodrigo Duterte had earlier offered to the Left.
“We did not interpose any objections to the appointment (to the Department of Labor and Employment) of Secretary (Silvestre III) Bello since he is a proven patriot and progressive,” said Fidel Agcaoili, member and spokesman of the NDF peace panel, who met with Duterte in Davao.
This leaves the Departments of Environment and Natural Resources, Social Welfare and Development, and Agrarian Reform to the left. However, Agcaoili declined to identify the nominees.
Bello is also said to be named the head of the government panel to the planned resumption of negotiations with the NDF, which represents the revolutionary movement led by the Communist Party of the Philippines.
During the meeting with Duterte, Agcaoili told InterAksyon.com, “we discussed the need to prepare for the resumption of the peace negotiations towards the attainment of a just and lasting peace” and “to resume the talks as soon as possible after his proclamation as rresident.”
At the same time, asked if they were concerned about Duterte’s human rights record, including allegations of extrajudicial killings, Agcaoili replied: “Of course, the issue of respect for human rights will continue to be of major concern for the NDFP.”
He added that Duterte himself “is concerned about this issue as manifested in his position on the killings and forced evacuation oflumad, the Kidapawan incident and others.”
“He has himself expressed concern over the violation of the human rights of children and young adults brought about by the intake of synthetic drugs peddled by pushers and criminal syndicates,” he said even as he stressed that “the NDFP will continue to uphold the right to due process for suspected offenders.”
http://interaksyon.com/article/128228/ndf-submits-cabinet-nominees-to-duterte
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