[Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Downwithcapitalism <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 12:55 AM Subject: [downwithcapitalism] Oslo talks imperiled Agence France Presse. 14 June 2001. Philippine communists threaten to end peace talks. MANILA -- Philippine communists on Friday threatened to end peace talks with the government after Manila protested against the killing of a prominent legislator. The warning came a day after President Gloria Arroyo called for an "indefinite recess" on the talks being held in Oslo, Norway. She called for the pause after communist guerrillas claimed responsibility for Tuesday's assassination of House of Representatives member Rodolfo Aguinaldo. Manila's decision "has scuttled the second round of the Oslo talks," and "lays the ground for destroying the entire peace negotiations," the National Democratic Front of the Philippines said. The NDFP is the political wing of the underground Communist Party of the Philippines. "In view of the irresponsible action (of the government's) negotiating panel, the NDFP is prepared to cease negotiations," party founder Jose Maria Sison, who is also the NDFP's chief political consultant, said in a statement. Aguinaldo, 54, a retired paramilitary colonel who had fought communists since graduating from the Philippine Military Academy in 1972, was shot dead outside his home in the northern town of Tuguegarao on June 12, the Philippines' Independence Day. Sison branded Aguinaldo "a notorious human rights violator" who had caused suffering to countless leftists during the martial law regime of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the 1970s. Manila is "condemnable for glorifying Rodolfo Aguinaldo as a hero, for covering up and condoning the human rights violations (of the government)," the communist chief said. Two days after Aguinaldo's killing, an anti-communist local official was wounded in the southern city of Davao. It was not clear if the 11,500-strong NPA was behind the attack, but police are investigating whether the rebels were responsible for the assassinations of 13 politicians in the run-up to the May 14 congressional and local elections. Among those gunned down were MP Marcial Punzalan and Cesar Platon, the mayor of Tanauan, near Manila. The talks began in Oslo in April and the government has set an October 2002 target to reach an accord with the communists waging a 32-year Maoist insurgency. * * * * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
