From: "Magnus Bernhardsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Peoples War] Communist rebels won't quit peace talks: CPP official http://www.inq7.net/brk/2002/jan/14/brkpol_4-1.htm 'UNLESS PUSHED TO THE WALL' Communist rebels won't quit peace talks: CPP official Posted: 12:26 PM (Manila Time) | January 14, 2002 By INQ7.net COMMUNIST rebels assured they would not back out of the peace talks despite new signs the prospects of reaching a comprehensive agreement with the government are caving in. "We will not renege on our commitment to achieve peace through negotiations, unless pushed to the wall," Communist Party of the Philippines spokesperson Rogelio "Ka Roger" Rosal said in an interview with dzBB. Rosal, who also acts as the spokesperson of the communist armed wing, New People's Army, said "back-channel talks" are ongoing to resolve the stumbling blocks to the resumption of the talks aimed at ending the country's longest-running insurgency. But he said the Macapagal government should show it is firm if it still wants to engage in formal talks with the communists, represented under its umbrella organization, the National Democratic Front, by setting the date and venue of the talks and informing the Norwegian government of the resumption through a note verbale. Government and NDF panels are slated to go back to the negotiating table within the month in Norway's capital, Oslo. Two government's negotiators, former Justice Secretary Silvestre Bello and Agrarian Reform Secretary Hernani Braganza, are in Oslo in "back-channel" talks with NDF representative Luis Jalandoni, an NDF panel legal consultant told INQ7.net on Saturday. The consultant said government negotiators presented a proposal to the NDF panel to hold simultaneous talks on the three remaining substantive issues, instead of the NDF's earlier position to tackle them one at a time. The NDF National Executive Committee said in a statement they would deliberate on the proposal and would come up with a decision by March 2002. _________________________________________________ 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] __________________________________________________
