NDF: NDFP awaits formal notice from GRP panel on the termination of peace negotiations

Propaganda statement posted to the National Democratic Front Website (Feb 5): NDFP awaits formal notice from GRP panel on the termination of peace negotiations

NDFP Media Office
Press Statement
Fidel V. Agcaoili
Chairperson, NDFP Negotiating Panel

 05 February 2017

NDFP awaits formal notice from GRP panel on the termination of peace negotiations
The NDFP hereby states that it is waiting for the formal notice from the GRP Negotiating Panel on its termination of the peace negotiations as mandated in the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) which defines the mode of termination.

The NDFP wishes to make the following factual clarifications.

1. All 17 NDFP consultants released from detention last August 2016 are in the Philipppines and are not in hiding. Those who took part in the third round of formal talks in Rome, Italy from 19 to 25 January 2017 have returned to the country as of 31 January. They are all protected from rearrest in accordance with the JASIG.

2. These consultants have been put under the effective jurisdiction of GRP courts because they were released only on bail and only for a six-month period. They have been required to secure court permission every time they went abroad to participate in the last three rounds of talks. Their bail renewal is due this month and, as reflected in the Rome Joint Statement of 25 January 2017, both their lawyers and the GRP have agreed to cooperate in this regard.

3. The Royal Norwegian Government in its capacity as Third Party Facilitator in the peace talks has been providing for the travel expenses and accommodation of the NDFP delegation in formal and informal peace talks since the beginning.

The NDFP stands firm in its commitment to struggle for a just and lasting peace in the country in accordance with the national and democratic aspirations of the Filipino people.

Reference:
Fidel V. Agcaoili
0031641324348

https://www.ndfp.org/ndfp-awaits-formal-notice-grp-panel-termination-peace-negotiations/