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Duterte’s formal termination of the peace talks comes as both sides had made strides on socio-economic reforms, including agreements to alleviate the widespread poverty at the roots of the conflict.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines, the CPP’s political arm, revealed the peace panels had signed draft documents on agrarian reform, rural development, national industrialization and economic development that if implemented could benefit millions of Filipinos.
Instead, Duterte is now threatening to re-designate the NPA as a terrorist group, a label that Manila lifted in pursuit of peace under the previous Benigno Aquino III government in 2011.
Whether that designation would further internationalize the conflict is unclear. There have been past reports that China has supplied arms, namely Type 56 assault rifles, and North Korea support to the NPA.
The United States already classified the CPP/NPA as a terror organization in 2002 “because of its aim to overthrow the Philippine government through a protracted guerrilla warfare.” The European Union’s has also designated it a terror organization.
Duterte’s peace try falls to pieces
And another one that isn't going to end.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines, the CPP’s political arm, revealed the peace panels had signed draft documents on agrarian reform, rural development, national industrialization and economic development that if implemented could benefit millions of Filipinos.
Instead, Duterte is now threatening to re-designate the NPA as a terrorist group, a label that Manila lifted in pursuit of peace under the previous Benigno Aquino III government in 2011.
Whether that designation would further internationalize the conflict is unclear. There have been past reports that China has supplied arms, namely Type 56 assault rifles, and North Korea support to the NPA.
The United States already classified the CPP/NPA as a terror organization in 2002 “because of its aim to overthrow the Philippine government through a protracted guerrilla warfare.” The European Union’s has also designated it a terror organization.
Duterte’s peace try falls to pieces
And another one that isn't going to end.
