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THREE OPPOSITION lawmakers on Wednesday filed a resolution calling for a resumption of peace talks with the communist movement.The quest for a just and lasting peace should compel us legislators and peace advocates to push for the resumption of the peace talks between the government and the NDFP ,It was filed by members of the Makabayan bloc in the lower chamber composed of Deputy Minority Leader France L. Castro, Assistant Minority Leader Arlene D. Brosas, and Kabataan Party-list Rep.
The NDFP, the political wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines , led previous negotiations with the government. The resolution cited the 1992 Hague Joint Declaration and the 2018 Stand-Down Agreement, wherein the military, police and New Peopletemporary cessation of hostilities in which the contending armed units and personnel of the Parties stay where they aretake an active defense mode, and shall not commit any offensive action or operation against combatants and civilians.
The task force had been controversial in the past two years for tagging alleged communist supporters without basis, and failing to provide appropriate reports on its budget spending.
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