LUCENA CITY – The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) strongly condemned the killing of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Randy Felix Malayao. “The killing of Malayao, as well as the illegal arrests of NDFP peace consultants Adelberto Silva, Rafael Baylosis, Vic Ladlad, and Rey Casambre, displays the Duterte regime’s disdain for negotiating peace with the NDFP, let alone in respecting and implementing the JointAgreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees,” the CPP said in a statement Wednesday. Before President Duterte canceled the peace talks with the NDFP in November 2017, Malayao attended formal peace negotiations as a peace consultant from Cagayan Valley. Malayao also acted as one of the spokespersons of the NDFP negotiating panel in Europe. Malayao had no criminal charges before government courts, which allowed him to freely move around the country to attend peace-related activities.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 30, 2019 08:15 UTC