Groups back Legarda’s call to resume peace talks
Groups back Legarda’s call to resume peace talks
SEN. LOREN LEGARDA
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – Progressives welcomed Sen. Loren Legarda’s call to resume the peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
In a statement, the National Council of Churches in the Philippines general secretary Bishop Reuel Marigza said that Legarda’s statement at the Senate plenary on Aug. 30 “is a breath of fresh air amid the toxic atmosphere brought about by speeches and public discourses that sow hate and war.”
Legarda made her appeal for the resumption of the peace negotiations with the revolutionary groups after Sen. Francis Tolentino’s proposal for the government to require public officials to disclose relatives who are affiliated with what he called terrorist organizations.
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