Communist rebels welcomed presumptive president Rodrigo
Duterte’s plan to free political prisoners and drop charges against them to
boost chances for the resumption of peace negotiations and said the act “shall
not go unreciprocated by the revolutionary forces.”
The Communist Party of the Philippines
At the same time, it suggested that Duterte “can also take
the option of ordering the release of key peace consultants of the (National
Democratic Front of the Philippines
Among the more than 500 political prisoners are 18 alleged
ranking leaders the NDFP maintains are consultants of its peace panel who are,
thus, protected from arrest and prosecution for the duration of the
negotiations under the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees.
Among the consultants are alleged CPP chairman Benito
Tiamzon, his wife Wilma, the alleged finance officer, and Alan Jazmines.
The CPP said the release of the NDFP consultants and the
other political prisoners would be “an act of justice” since most of them were
“detained unjustly” through “trumped up charges,” most of these unbailable,
such as illegal firearms possession and murder.
"Even as incoming president Duterte plans to release
political prisoners, the CPP urges him to revoke the (military and police’s)
legal offensive of filing trumped up charges against activists in the legal
arena that makes a mockery of the (government’s) justice system," it
urged, noting that over the years, many legal activists “have chosen to go underground
and join the revolutionary armed struggle or seek refuge in areas under the
sway of the New People's Army" after being harassed by state security
forces.
http://interaksyon.com/article/128256/release-of-political-prisoners-wont-go-unreciprocated---cpp-to-digong
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