A RETIRED trial court judge will head the panel formed by the local government to conduct the localized peace talks with the communist group.
Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio named former Judge Ridgway Tanjili as the chair of the Davao City – Local Peace Committee (DC-PEACE).
Tanjili was the regional director of the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) before he was appointed by then President Gloria Arroyo to handle the Regional Trial Court Branch 15 in 2008.
Carpio earlier named members of the committee.
Tanjili was the regional director of the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) before he was appointed by then President Gloria Arroyo to handle the Regional Trial Court Branch 15 in 2008.
Carpio earlier named members of the committee.
They are Malou Bermudo of City Social Service and Development Office (CSSDO), Malabog (Paquibato District) Barangay Captain Jessie Areja, lawyer Elisa Lapina of the City Legal Office and Archbishop Romulo Valles of the Catholic Bishop of the Philippines.
The mayor tapped the DC-PEACE to primarily talk with the National Democratic Front and its fronts such as the New People’s Army (NPA).
The mayor tapped the DC-PEACE to primarily talk with the National Democratic Front and its fronts such as the New People’s Army (NPA).
“We are very flexible just to attain that elusive dream of peace,” Carpio said in a press briefing at City Mayor’s conference room on Wednesday night. “We will try our best to attain the peace.”
Carpio said the committee will exist until Nov. 30, 2018.
“If ever there will be no positive development then there is no point to prolong it but if there is then the talks will be continuous,” she said.
For now, the mayor said she received messages from NPA members who want to surrender.
Carpio said she could tap rebel returnees as members of Civil Security Unit (CSU), under Public Safety Command Center (PSSCC), to guard markets, terminals, public schools and government facilities “if they want.”
“The city government will find ways to make (them) more productive,” she said.
The mayor said the NPA members can also surrender to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) since they have also a program for the returnees.
Carpio said the committee will exist until Nov. 30, 2018.
“If ever there will be no positive development then there is no point to prolong it but if there is then the talks will be continuous,” she said.
For now, the mayor said she received messages from NPA members who want to surrender.
Carpio said she could tap rebel returnees as members of Civil Security Unit (CSU), under Public Safety Command Center (PSSCC), to guard markets, terminals, public schools and government facilities “if they want.”
“The city government will find ways to make (them) more productive,” she said.
The mayor said the NPA members can also surrender to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) since they have also a program for the returnees.
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