in Immaculate Conception Building, Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines with the official participation of Paul Moe, RNG Ambassador to the Philippines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 2, 2013

 

 

Utrecht – Sept. 18 — Delegates from the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI-Philippine Independent Church) headed by Supreme Bishop Ephraim Fajutagana and members of the NDFP Peace Negotiating Panel met yesterday in NDF Office in Utrecht, The Netherlands to discuss prospects of peace talks with the GRP.

 

 

 

Peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) were first conducted in August-December 1986 under the Aquino administration. After signing a 60-day ceasefire agreement, the GRP showed no more interest in discussing the substantive agenda. The talks collapsed after government troops fired on unarmed peasants demonstrating for land reform near the presidential palace, killing nineteen and injuring hundreds, in January 1987. On March 25, 1987, President Aquino unleashed the sword of war against the New People’s Army (NPA) and the revolutionary movement.

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Satur Ocampo and Antonio Zumel in a press conference while still in the underground, Dec. 1986

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Satur Ocampo and Antonio Zumel at UP Alpha Sigma press conference

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Satur Ocampo and Antonio Zumel in Ka Lando Olalia funeral march

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Satur Ocampo and Luis Jalandoni with Sen. Teofisto Guingona, 1986

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Dec. 22, 1986 press conference

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FIRST GRP-NDFP NEGOTIATING PANEL SIGN PEACE AGREEMENT IN 1986

The NDFP Panel: Satur Ocampo, Antonio Zumel and Carolina Malay The GRP Panel: Ramon Mitra, Jr., Tito Guingona and Jovito Salonga

Jose W. Diokno signing the agreement in the hospital

The NDFP Panel with Atty. Romeo T. Capulong and Atty. Arno Sanidad                                  Sen. Nikki Coseteng and Antonio Zumel

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Members of the NDFP Negotiating Panel conducted consultations with various units in the field. But the peace negotiations ended abruptly when state security forces fired upon protesting farmers in Mendiola on January 22, 1987, killing several peasants and wounding scores of protesters.

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ARTICLES

The Human Security Act and the Rule of Law Political Repression and the Peace Process

Prospects and Challenges for Genuine Peace

The Forces of Change Must Prevail- Peace Negotiations in the Philippines

Prospects for Genuine Peace Agreements

Karapatang Tao at ang Landas Tungong Kapayapaan

Contact

GLOBAL PEACE

US, Hands Off Syria!

Pope Francis Urges G20 Leaders Against Syria Strike

CONDEMN AND OPPOSE US PLAN TO BOMB SYRIA AS THE OPENING ACT OF A WAR OF AGGRESSION

US Aggression and Military Intervention in Asia Pacific

US Military Presence and Activity in the Philippines

No to US Bases, No to Occupation!

World Map showing Countries with US Military Bases, Access Arrangements, Status-of-Forces Agreements, and other forms of Military Cooperation

COUNTRIES WITH UNITED STATES BASES OR FACILITIES, ACCESS RIGHTS, DEFENSE COMMITMENTS OR DEFENSE RELATIONS

STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENTS (SOFAs)

The War Against Terror and Prospects for Peace

Ang Tunay na Mukha ng “Gera Laban sa Terorismo”

ILPS Commission on Peace

ILPS TIA WORKSHOP 4 FINAL RESOLUTION

ILPS TIA WORKSHOP 4 FINAL RESOLUTION

The Role of Overseas US Military Bases, US Special Forces, and the 2009 US Counter-insurgency Guide

The role of US military bases in aggression and intervention in Africa and the Middles East and the people’s response

AUSTRALIA AND THE IMPERIALIST WEB OF DECEPTION

The Geopolitics of Military Bases

‘Security tensions’ in South China Sea and the U.S. arms industry

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Peace Negotiations

10 GPH-NDFP Bilateral Agreements

The Hague Joint Declaration

The Breukelen Joint Statement

Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees

Joint Agreement on the Ground Rules of the Formal Meetings between the GRP and NDFP Panels

Joint Agreement on the Formation, Sequence and Operationalization of the Reciprocal Working Committees (RWCs)

Additional Implementing Rules Pertaining to the Documents of Identification

Supplemental Agreement to the Joint Agreement on the Formation, Sequence and Operationalization of the Reciprocal Working Committees (RWC Agreement)

Additional Implementing Rules of the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (Jasig) Pertaining to the Security of Personnel and Consultations in Furtherance of the Peace Negotiations

Joint Agreement in Support of Socioeconomic Projects of Private Development Organizations and Institutes

Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines

Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) Draft

National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Draft

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THE RAMOS PEACE PROGRAM – TOWARDS A GENUINE PEACE OR A MERE PACIFICATION PROGRAM?

THE GRP-NDFP PEACE TALKS — WHY THE SLOW PACE

THE SPCPD and the GRP-MNLF Peace Agreement — the betrayal of the Bangsa-Moro struggle for freedom and self-determination

GRP-NDFP Peace Talks TOWARD AN AGREEMENT On Human Rights And International Humanitarian Law

GRP-NDFP Peace Talks: Gains, Problems and Prospects