Among the NDFP consultants arrested, detained and charged with criminal cases are Eduardo Serrano, Elizabeth Principe, Angie Ipong, Randall Echanis and Randy Felix Malayao. More have disappeared including Philip Limjoco, Leo Velasco, Prudencio Calubid, and Rogelio Calubad. Calubid was abducted allegedly by the military together with his wife, sister-in-law, and a companion who was able to escape. Calubad, on the other hand, was abducted with his son. All of them remains missing to this day.
DDR
Casambre said the Arroyo government has announced a policy shift to Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration (DDR) in the peace negotiations.
Casambre said the DDR will not work unless important agreements to address the armed conflict have been reached.
The NDFP, on the other hand, said, in a press release dated December 6, that it received information that the Arroyo government plans to terminate the GFP-NDFP peace negotiations and blame the NDFP for the termination. In response, the NDFP said, “The NDFP is not bothered by such threats and plans of the Arroyo-Ermita-Gonzales-Esperon militarist clique.”
The militarist clique referred to by the NDFP consists of Mrs. Arroyo, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales and Presidential Peace Adviser and Former AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon.
“The lameduck Arroyo regime is coming soon to an end. There are only six months left before Confesor’s ‘election babble’ preoccupies everyone on the GRP side. The NDFP is already looking forward to a new GRP administration.” (Bulatlat.com)
