Communist rebels on Friday released 2 policemen they held as prisoners of war and handed them over to church leaders in Davao Oriental province in southern
The New People’s Army said Chief Inspector Arnold S.
Ongachen and Police Officer 1 Michael B. Grande were fetched by representatives
from Exodus of Justice and Peace headed by Reverend Jurie Jaime and other
politicians.
Rubi Del Mundo, a rebel spokesman, said the National
Democratic Front ordered the release of both policemen who were captured this
year by the NPA in separate operations in the restive region.
He said the release of the two policemen is a gesture of
goodwill for the formal resumption of the peace negotiations in Oslo , Norway
“The People’s Democratic Government’s judicial proceedings
and investigations into POW Ongachen and POW Grande’s possible war crimes and
violation of people’s rights have been effectively suspended in deference to
appeals of their families and peace advocates. POW Ongachen and POW Grande have
apologized for their violations against the people,” Del Mundo said.
He said the government should also immediately release all
the remaining 540 political prisoners languishing in various jails across the
country.
“The NDFP expects the immediate release of the remaining 540
political prisoners in compliance of the Duterte government to the
Comprehensive Agreement for Respect of Human Rights and International Humanitarian
Law and the Joint Agreement for Security and Immunity Guarantees. The success
of the talks en route to a viable peace accord between the two governments in
the Philippines rests in the main on GPH’s—especially the Armed Forces of the
Philippines and the Philippine National Police and their
paramilitaries’—adherence to previous agreements and the serious deliberation
of the roots of the civil war. In these objectives, the NDFP and the entire
revolutionary movement have been and continue to be firmly resolute,” Del Mundo
said.
The NPA has been fighting for decades for the establishment
of a separate Maoist state in the country.
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