CPP/Ang Bayan: NDFP expresses intent to engage with vice president

Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (Sep 21, 2020): NDFP expresses intent to engage with vice president

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) expressed intent to engage in discussions with Vice Pres. Leni Robredo as the constitutional successor of Rodrigo Duterte to press for the resumption of peace negotiations in case he gets ousted or forced to resign.

“This can serve as a rallying point in the effort to oust Duterte,” said Juliet de Lima, interim chairperson of the NDFP panel.

“Prospects for resuming the peace negotiations after Duterte, whether he is ousted or he finishes his term, are possible and desirable,” pointed out Ka Julie. “It would be wise for his presidential successor to fulfill the outstanding demand of the NDFP for reaffirming all the signed agreements reached under previous administrations, the amnesty and release of all political prisoners and through the peace negotiations aim for national reconciliation, peace and unity, which can lead to a coalition government to implement the agreements made on social, economic and political reforms and ending the conflict; and settling the disposition of both armed force made in the peace negotiations.”

Should the negotiations between the NDFP and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines be resumed during the pandemic, the panels can immediately resume to tackle the Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (CASER) to finalize this and have it approved.



“When negotiations are resumed, we can elaborate on the issue based on a summing up of experience and learning lessons from both sides as well as from the positive and negative practices of foreign countries and international agencies in responding and confronting this particular pandemic as well as other pandemics,” she said.

Both panels have earlier agreed to implement the said agreement once the section on Agra­ri­an Reform and Ru­ral Deve­lop­ment at Na­tio­nal Industria­liza­ti­on gets approved.

[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]

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