This photo taken on July 30, 2017 shows a guerrilla of the New People's Army (NPA) walking in the Sierra Madre mountain range, located east of Manila. Fuelled by one of the world's starkest rich-poor divides, a Maoist rebellion that began months before the first human landed on the moon plods on even though the country now boasts one of the world's fastest-growing economies. Noel Celis, AFP/File

Pia Gutierrez

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172525993142420170730-npa-communist-glor-AFP-12.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">This photo taken on July 30, 2017 shows a guerrilla of the New People&#x27;s Army (NPA) walking in the Sierra Madre mountain range, located east of Manila. Fuelled by one of the world&#x27;s starkest rich-poor divides, a Maoist rebellion that began months before the first human landed on the moon plods on even though the country now boasts one of the world&#x27;s fastest-growing economies. <em>Noel Celis, AFP/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Marcos administration is “very optimistic” that a final peace agreement with communist rebels will be signed even before the end of the term of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. in 2028.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/28/23/govt-ndfp-agree-to-resume-peace-talks">• Gov&#x27;t, communist rebels agree to resume peace talks</a></div><p>Presidential Adviser for Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity Secretary Carlito Galvez made the statement as the Philippines begins the celebration of the 2024 Peace Consciousness Month.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/6/168-students-recruited-into-npa-since-2014-pnp-tells-senate-1606">• 168 students recruited into NPA since 2014, PNP tells Senate</a></div><p>The Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">agreed last November to reopen peace negotiations, in a bid to end decades of civil discord.</span></p><div><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">The NDFP negotiates on behalf of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing New People&#x27;s Army (NPA).</span></div><div><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/13/21/groups-alarmed-as-state-u-tosses-books-on-peace-talks">• Groups warn of &#x27;dangerous precedent&#x27; after State U &#x27;surrenders&#x27; Peace talks books</a></span></div><p>“Ongoing pa rin ang ating exploratory talks at nakikita po natin na last November nagkaroon tayo ng vision statement. Dun sa proseso, number 1 is getting the vision statement, number 2 framework agreement and number 3 is the final peace agreement,” Galvez said in a Palace briefing.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/19/22/marcos-lauds-military-for-significant-cpp-npa-decline">• On 87th anniversary, Marcos Jr. lauds AFP for &#x27;significant decline&#x27; of CPP-NPA</a></div><p> “Sa ngayon ongoing po ang ating constituency building and ongoing pa rin ang exploratory talks.”</p><p> Galvez said Marcos is “committed to finish all agreements and implement it during his time.&quot;</p><p>“Yun ang pinaka-guidance sa amin and we are more than happy and being inspired na we commit to the aspiration of the President and the national government we will finish the final peace agreement with the CPP-NPA in the future,” he said.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/27/17/peace-talks-between-government-communists-suspended-anew">• Peace talks between government, communists suspended anew</a> </div><p>“Very optimistic, within the term of the President… even before the term ends.”</p><p>The Duterte administration had terminated all peace negotiations to resolve the over 50-year communist insurgency in the Philippines.</p><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/08/20/ceasefire-is-dead-duterte-says-no-more-truce-with-reds">• &#x27;Ceasefire is dead&#x27;: Duterte says no more truce with Reds</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-ZFSiP91pXQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Galvez said Marcos is “committed to finish all agreements and implement it during his time."</p>

Galvez said Marcos is “committed to finish all agreements and implement it during his time."

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'Very optimistic': Gov't eyes final peace deal with CPP-NPA within Marcos term

'Very optimistic': Gov't eyes final peace deal with CPP-NPA within Marcos term

Pia Gutierrez,

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Published Sep 02, 2024 03:09 PM PHT

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