Duterte canceled
back-channel efforts aimed at reviving the talks after four members of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) were wounded in an encounter with NPA rebels in Arakan, North Cotabato province, on Wednesday morning.
Solicitor General Jose Calida on Thursday said he will seek the cancellation of the bail bonds posted for the temporary liberty of the consultants of the National Democratic Front (NDF) following the decision of the government to suspend the
back-channel talks with the communist movement.
The planned
back-channel talks in Europe this week will also be cancelled.
The statement said the peace panel, led by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, was set to conduct '
back-channel talks' with the NDFP to discuss the resumption of formal negotiations.
During General Musharraf's reign, we came close to resolving the Kashmir issue with India through
back-channel diplomacy.
Govt uses
back-channel to send 'positive note' to India
Avelino 'Billy' Andal, the besieged ally of President Duterte, insisted that the country's chief executive ordered him to initiate
back-channel talks with communist rebel leaders for the possible resumption of the stalled peace talks.
Commenting on the former Pandan MP's open letter criticising the coalition over purported
back-channel dealings, the PKR secretary-general said Rafizi must be mindful of the repercussions to the overall pact.
Around the same epoch, a parallel revelatory (and obviously inspired) news item related to the so-called
back-channel diplomacy indulged in by the two sides.
Days before the meeting with Doval, Janjua had said the
back-channel diplomacy with India was on where the solution to the tension was being discussed.
Upon the orders of Duterte, government representatives led by Dureza months ago initiated "
back-channel" talks revive peace negotiations.
Dureza said Duterte cancelled the resumption of formal peace talks in Oslo after government peace panel chairman Silvestre Bello III briefed the President on the status of the
back-channel talks.