A REPRESENTATIVE from the government peace panel said the use of landmines and the withdrawal of support of the administration’s policy on drugs would “presumably” be part of the agenda for the talks slated in Oslo, Norway.
In an interview with the TIMES, GPH panelist Antonio Arellano said these topics could possibly be included in the discussions relating to the Joint Agreement on the Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG).
The response comes amid statements coming from both sides regarding the topics on landmines and President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s anti-drug war.
Earlier, President Duterte that there would no longer be talks between the government and the CPP/NDFP once he hears of another explosion coming from landmines.
However, the CPP/NPA/NDFP representatives said these were not pressure-detonated weapons but command detonated.
Recently, the CPP said it would withdraw support from an “anti-people” and “anti-poor” drug war that the Duterte administration is waging.
On Tuesday, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process said that President Duterte was “still hopeful the resumption of the peace negotiations between the government (GPH) and the National Democratic Front (NDF) will put an end to the decades old insurgency problem in the countryside.”
“The President assured NDF lawyers present during the meeting in Malacañang yesterday [August 15] that the NDF consultants will fly to Oslo,” Labor Secretary Silvestre ‘Bebot’ Bello III said.
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