OPAPP: MILF peace pact puts pressure on other armed groups

Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) Teresita Deles said Tuesday, March 25 that the peace pact between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will hopefully inspire the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) to resume peace talks. “The signing of a peace agreement and the settlement of armed conflict with any other group in the same countries, certainly, exert certain pressures on any of the armed movement that is not yet moving along those lines,” said Deles. The government had offered a “special track” for the CPP-NPA-NDF, but the rebel group set difficult demands for the talks. Benito Tiamzon, one of those arrested, was said to have taken a hardline position against the peace process. Despite the setbacks, Deles said the government continues to keep the peace table open for the rebel group.


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