Galvez says they will enforce arrest warrants on NDFP leaders upon return to PH

From the Manila Bulletin (Nov 20): Galvez says they will enforce arrest warrants on NDFP leaders upon return to PH

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr., said that if there are arrest warrants on National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) leaders who are planning to return the country, they will enforce them.



Armed Forces chief of staff Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr.
(OPS / MANILA BULLETIN)

“We will just follow suit with what the DILG Sec (Eduardo) Año will say,” Galvez said.

“We will just follow the order of the President (Rodrigo Duterte), and also kung talagang meron warrants of arrest sila (if they have warrants of arrest) we will support the PNP,” he added.

Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana expressed his dissatisfaction over NDFP chief negotiator Fidel Agcaoili’s reason on why he will no longer visit the country this month after their supposed meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte on November 23, 2018 was cancelled.

Instead, they will be met by Presidential peace adviser Secretary Jesus Dureza and Presidential Spokesman and chief legal counsel Secretary Salvador Panelo.

“Bakit si presidente ang gusto nilang makausap? Leader na sila ng organization nila? (Why the president? Are they the leader of their organization? ) Can they decide or commit anything to the president? Because the president can make decisions and commit anything because he is the president,” Lorenzana said.

“They just represent Mr. (Jose Maria) Sison. So the president’s representative will be the one to talk to them. The president is very clear, he would only talk to Sison if there is a compelling reason to do so,” he added.

As this developed, Agcaoili said for the record his name and that of Mr. Asterio Palima, as publicly known members of the NDFP negotiating panel, are not included in the list of 600 in the above-mentioned proscription case against the CPP and NPA.

“As far as I know, too, I have no outstanding case in any GRP courts,” he said.

The President earlier revealed that NDFP leaders Luis Jalandoni and Agcaoili sought a meeting with him on the possible revival of the peace talks. Duterte said he would first consult with his security officials before making a decision.

He later directed Panelo and Dureza to meet with Jalandoni and Agcaoili in Manila.

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