Gov’t to work for release of ‘political offenders’ covered by Jasig — Deles 01/23/2011

Gov’t to work for release of ‘political offenders’ covered by Jasig — Deles

01/23/2011
To jump-start anew the peace process, the government has vowed to exert best effort for the release from detention of alleged political offenders covered by the Joint Agreement on Security and Immunity Guarantees (Jasig).

Presidential adviser on the peace process Teresita Quintos-Deles made the statement following the just-concluded second round of preliminary talks between the government and National Democratic Front (NDF) peace panels in Oslo, Norway where they agreed to resume the stalled peace negotiations next month.

The talks bogged down in 2005 after the United States and the European Union tagged the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), as a terrorist organization.

The resumption of formal peace talks is slated in Oslo on Feb. 15 to 21..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110123hed5.html