Deadly NPA attack could derail talks — gov’t 08/23/2010

Deadly NPA attack could derail talks — gov’t

08/23/2010 The government yesterday condemned a communist rebel attack that killed eight policemen and a local village official and said the incident could derail planned resumption of peace talks. The attack by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Northern Samar last Saturday has weakened confidence in the prospects of a negotiated settlement between the rebels and the government, President Aquino’s chief peace adviser Teresita Deles said. “Such attacks by the NPA undermine the aspirations of our people for peace and make the way forward more difficult,” Deles told reporters. The NPA is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines which has been waging a Maoist inspired rebellion since 1969 in what is among Asia’s longest-running communist insurgencies. The rebels on Saturday allegedly murdered a local official in Samar and then killed eight police officers sent to the area to investigate the incident. “The attack by the NPA on police officers on a law enforcement mission in Northern Samar yesterday (Saturday) is condemnable,” Deles said.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100823hed5.html

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