From: "Magnus Bernhardsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Peoples War] Fwd: [ProletarianNews] RPP-ABB make peace with Philippine govt Den 23.09.01 klokka 08:53 skreiv Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : AFP. 23 September 2001. Philippine military re-affirms peace pact with communist rebel faction. MANILA -- The Philippine military met with leaders of a communist breakaway faction over the weekend and agreed to resolve conflicts through peaceful means, an army statement said Sunday. Army chief Lieutenant General Jaime de los Santos led the government's panel in a meeting with leaders of the Revolutionary Proletariat Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPP-ABB) in Negros island, a statement said. Both parties expressed unity "in their stand that differences be settled not by violence but by peaceful means for the best interest of the Filipino people," it said. The group is a breakaway faction of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), and its armed wing the New People's Army. Manila temporarily pulled out of peace talks with the CPP after the NPA assassinated a right-wing member of parliament. The RPP-ABB in December last year signed a truce with Manila, although it still maintains forces in about 600 villages in the central Philippines, the army said. The Sunday meeting was aimed at coming up with guidelines for implementing the December agreement, including livelihood projects promised by the government. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
