I would rather talk with President Duterte personally or behind closed doors about the substantive agenda of peace talks in order to push it forward. At least five soldiers and two rebels were killed in separate battles in Bukidnon and Compostela Valley on Friday. “As for the line which tasks the CPP-NPA-NDFP to prove its sincerity by ending the armed struggle, you cannot have peace talks where there is no armed struggle,” Sison said. “As of now, both sides we will continue the peace talks [set for August 20],” National Democratic Front chief negotiator Luis Jalandoni said in a video conference from Utretch in The Netherlands. [The government] has come to terms with the proposed comprehensive social and economic reforms...[CASER]...People have democratic rights,” Sison said.

Source: The Standard August 06, 2016 16:03 UTC