DAVAO CITY, Jan. 5 (PIA) Office of the Presidential Adviser
on the Peace Process chief Teresita Quintos-Deles wants to pursue the peace
talks with communist rebels on the basis of a doable and time-bound agenda.
She confirmed that friends of the process have been working to
bring both parties to the negotiating table to explore possible parameters for
the talks to resume.
Quintos-Deles said though the feedback from the communist party
leadership is positive, there remains matters to be clarified in order to
ensure that the peace process will not go on a major impasse.
“As we gave repeatedly stated in the past, we want to resume
talks based on doable and time-bound agenda,” she said.
Quintos-Deles said that the recent positive response of Jose
Maria Sison for the renewed talks after the Papal visit this
January indicates that the common ground between the two parties which may
be broadening towards the achievement of a just and durable peace that the
Filipino people desire.
The negotiations broke down several times as the Communist Party
of the Philippines- National Democratic Front-New People’s Army panel insisted
of several preconditions before the peace talks could go on. (PIA 11-Joey Sem
G. Dalumpines)
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