Joma Sison slams Duterte for leaving out peace talks in SONA

EXILED Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison on Tuesday slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) for showing “no remorse” in not fulfilling his promises and no mention on the termination of the peace talks in 2017. “[The SONA] shows no remorse for his glaring non-fulfillment of electoral […]

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Communist insurgents reject ‘localized peace talks’ anew

THE National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) on Tuesday is firm in rejecting the government’s proposal to localize peace talks, saying it will only isolate Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison and was a “divide and rule” tactic of the Duterte administration. In a statement, the NDFP also lashed out at […]

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Defense chief: Sison a ‘barking dog best ignored’

DEFENSE Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday lashed out at exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison for branding the idea of localized peace talks a “waste” of government funds and said he should be ignored like a “barking dog.” “I consider Sison’s rejection and rant as just a noisy distraction, […]

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Sison: Reds ending talks with Duterte

Sison: Reds ending talks with Duterte

Communist rebels are withdrawing from peace talks with the Duterte administration following its recent cancellation of the resumption of formal negotiations that had been scheduled by both sides for late this month.

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Joma: Duterte causing confusion in talks

Exiled communist leader Jose Maria “Joma” Sison opposed a proposal to seek a review by Congress of draft agreements between rebels and the government as a condition for formal talks to start, saying this was one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s tactics to sabotage the talks.

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Duterte insists peace talks should be in PH

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Peace talks should be in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte insisted on Tuesday, even after exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison said talks would be doomed if they would be held in Manila.

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Duterte wants talks in PH; Joma sees sabotage

Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose Maria Sison on Friday accused President Duterte of sabotaging the peace talks to lay the ground for imposing martial law nationwide by indefinitely postponing the negotiations and insisting on holding them in the Philippines.

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