truce with the rebels...

[shadow]

ito ang hinde ko maintindihan eh, why need for ceasefire, diba we want to wipe out insurgents? then after the holiday giyera nanaman, why give them the opportunity to regroup? pag all out war then tuloy-tuloy lang dapat

3-week Yule truce okayed
By Paolo Romero
Friday, December 14, 2007 President Arroyo has declared a three-week Christmas ceasefire with the New People’s Army (NPA) even as she vowed to step up the campaign against communist rebels.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, in a letter to Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, yesterday said his recommendation to Mrs. Arroyo was for the Armed Forces to implement an extended Suspension of Offensive Military Operations (SOMO) against the Communist Party of the Philippines/NPA/National Democratic Front during the Christmas 2007 season, from 12 midnight of Dec. 16 to midnight of Jan. 6.
It has been quite some time since the government declared a SOMO this long. In the past, the SOMOs were declared on Dec. 24 to 25 and Dec. 31 to Jan. 1.
The CPP-NPA-NDF has been waging a communist insurgency for almost four decades which has resulted in the loss of more than 40,000 lives. The CPP-NPA-NDF withdrew from the peace talks in 2005 at the height of Mrs. Arroyo’s political crisis after the rebels thought that she would be ousted.
Mrs. Arroyo’s move was seen as part of the government’s efforts to revive the negotiations even as she remained adamant in her resolve to wipe out the rebels by the end of her term two years from now. Last week, she reiterated her call to lawmakers to approve her amnesty proclamation for rebels.
“If we want to be First World, we have to put a stop to their ideological nonsense once and for all. We have to get rid of them now or we get rid of them later but whatever happens, we want to get rid of them at least before 2010,” Mrs. Arroyo said in her speech at the 6th Local Peace and Security Assembly in Bicol.
“It’s time for their destruction and for the violation of human rights to be put to rest so that the nation can move ahead. The communist rebels are responsible for a wide range of human rights abuses,” she said.
She mentioned the proposal of Sorsogon Rep. Jose Solis, chairman of the House committee on defense, to amend the Human Security Act and incorporate provisions of the anti-subversion law of 1957.
The anti-subversion law, which was repealed through the efforts of then Batangas congressman Ermita, previously outlawed communism and all fronts of the CPP-NPA-NDF.
“As Congressman Solis said, he does not think we can get rid of them unless we return the anti-insurgency law. So that can be included in the proposed bill in Congress and that is okay with me and with our assembly today,” she said.
The government said it is willing to reopen the peace talks as long as the rebels agree to a ceasefire and renounce violence.

[XTO]

Sarsuwela ng makabagong panahon lang yan…. Mahirap magsalita….:icecream:

[jonski]

Kill the f*C*RS! Dapat ubusin na mga yan!

[safeorigin]

baka-palabas lang yan tapos send in sila ng black-ops commandos!!!

[VtEC]

afaik, worldwide basta christmas time tigil putukan talaga yan.it's the only time of the year kung saan mapayapa ang mundo kahit panandalian lang.yan ang tunay na xmas spirit.

[safeorigin]

i'd like to see them fire up in new year though. w00t

[v6dreamer]

this only proves one thing: that our NPA brothers are not godless. they're also Christians who celebrate X'mas.

this also reinforces the idea that most of them particularly women and children (out of school youth) in the mountains are just victims of this war. kasi gusto nila mag-exchange gift peacefully.

be grateful kasi ang militar na'tin, may puso kahit papano.

You are very true..

Even in war there is a RULE OF ENGAGEMENT. If both side's agree to cease fire it will be done.