One week after he was elected president, I sent Fidel Agcaoili to confer with him and he promised to release all political prisoners listed by the NDFP. Soon thereafter, he
Comment on the Persistent Refusal of Duterte to Engage in Peace Negotiations with the NDFP
He deliberately reneged on his promise to amnesty and release all political prisoners. He kept on terminating the peace negotiations (three times!) by raising to the press complaints which he
Press Statement: On Duterte and His Parrot Roque
Of course, when I first read the report on Duterte´s interview with Mindanews I had some misgivings that he did not mean what he said because of his notoriety for
DUTERTE SCHEME OF FASCIST DICTATORSHIP
...the two negotiating panels were about to make the biggest advance in the peace process by finalizing and initialing the drafts of the general amnesty to release all the political
STATEMENT ON THE FURTHER EXTENSION OF MARTIAL LAW AND SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IN MINDANAO
The notoriety of Duterte as the No. 1 terrorist and butcher of the Filipino people is already well-established and secure on the basis of the mass murder of more than
By Emily Rauhala February 26 MANILA — Once, when Rodrigo Duterte got to talking about his anti-drug campaign, he mused about murdering his children. If his son used drugs, he
Sison lamented that before Duterte’s diatribe, the government and the rebel negotiating panels had already spent several months of hard work in unilateral and bilateral meetings and were “ready to
Self-Styled “Socialist” Unraveled as Fascist
Jose Ma. Sison, the NDFP chief political consultant in the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations, has provided a broader and deeper view of Duterte’s unraveling. “The people must realize,” he recently remarked,
Joma questions Duterte mental capability to handle state affairs
According to Sison in his statement entitled, “How Duterte Sabotaged the GRP-NDFP Peace Process,” the negotiating panels were looking forward to initializing the drafts, including the comprehensive agreement on social
