Comment on article about Duterte’s war on activists

Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency has been nothing short of controversial. Ever since he was elected as the 16th President of the Philippines two years ago, he has drawn criticism from activists

Holding peace talks in PH ‘recipe for destruction’: NDFP consultant

"It’s not negotiable," he told reporters. "No way peace talks held in the Philippines can be protected and spared from sabotage by spoilers and enemies of a genuine peace process."

Joma: Duterte causing confusion in talks

Exiled communist leader Jose Maria “Joma” Sison opposed a proposal to seek a review by Congress of draft agreements between rebels and the government as a condition for formal talks

Peace talks to possibly resume in September

The group said a GRP team led by panel member Hernani Braganza travelled to Utrect, The Netherlands on June 18 to 20 to personally explain GRP’s cancellation of the June

Joma: Duterte causing confusion in talks

Exiled communist leader Jose Maria “Joma” Sison opposed a proposal to seek a review by Congress of draft agreements between rebels and the government as a condition for formal talks

No need to hold peace talks with Reds in Norway, Palace insists

Formal resumption of negotiations between the government and the NDF was supposed to take place on June 28 in Oslo, Norway, but Duterte called it off last week to give

Sison angry at planned dismissal of talks Third Party Facilitator

Reacting to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s announcement Monday Duterte no longer wants a third party facilitator in the peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP)

Peace talks doomed if held in PH – Joma Sison

Revolutionaries do not negotiate under the terms and conditions “of an emergent fascist dictatorship and in a place where mass murders are occurring with impunity,” said Sison, chief political consultant

Joma frustrated with Duterte’s postponement of talks

In light of Duterte’s order to his negotiators to consult the wider public, Sison challenged the NDFP and GRP panels to divulge the results of four backchannel talks since March.

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