Solicitor General Jose Calida said his office would ask the courts to cancel all bail bonds of NDF consultants, order their arrest and detention. Since the peace talks are suspended, the NDF consultants should now surrender, he said. “OSG will be blatantly violating JASIG [Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantee] as among the agreements reaffirmed by government if it pushes through with rearrest of NDF consultants. To make provocations or to stage an Enrile-type ambush on the eve of the martial law proclamation by Marcos in 1972?” he said. The leftist group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said peace talks should continue so that fundamental socio-economic reforms could be carried out.

Source: The Standard July 20, 2017 16:05 UTC