Sison blamed the “American-trained war hawks” in the military as behind the cancellation of the peace negotiations. ADVERTISEMENT Sison said the order to re-arrest and recall the bail of more than 20 NDFP peace consultants recently has effectively ended the talks. The agreement is supposed to protect from arrest and other harassments negotiators from both sides who are taking part in the talks. The fifth round of negotiations did not push through on May 27 after the government panel withdrew in protest of the CPP’s order to the NPA to step up attacks against government troops. ‘Government and NDFP negotiators, however, started back channel talksthis month to revive the talks and had tentatively scheduled the holding of the fifth round of negotiations in August.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 22, 2017 06:34 UTC