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THE OBSTRUCTIONISM OF DELES
Submitted by Gladys.Estrellanes on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 23:25.
By FIDEL V. AGCAOILI
Spokesperson, NDFP Negotiating Panel
25 August 2011
**THE OBSTRUCTIONISM OF DELES **
Secretary Teresita “Ging” Deles of the Office of the Presidential
Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) does not seem to be interested in
reaching political settlements with the National Democratic Front of
the Philippines (NDFP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front of the
Philippines (MILF) by addressing the roots of the armed conflicts.
Since she assumed her post, her personally supervised negotiating
panels with both the NDFP and the MILF have been attempting to
undermine and unilaterally amend or discard all previously signed
agreements and documents in the peace negotiations between the GPH and
the NDFP, on the one hand, and the GPH and the MILF, on the other,
before and since these were formally started in 1995 and 2001,
respectively.
She has adamantly refused to recognize the continuing character of the
peace negotiations. She has tried to arrogantly abrogate agreements
previously signed by duly constituted GPH negotiating panels and
approved by GPH Presidents Ramos and Estrada, respectively.
For instance, the GPH panel negotiating with the NDFP insists that The
Hague Joint Declaration, the framework agreement that allows the two
Parties to meet across the negotiating table, is a “divisive
document”. And the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees
(JASIG), as well as the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human
Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL), are just
“confidence-building-measure” agreements.
In the case of the MILF, the GPH negotiating panel attempted to
unilaterally replace the duly designated Facilitator before the
resumption of the formal talks in February 2011. And, in the last GPH
peace proposal presented to the MILF on 22 August 2011, the GPH panel
has practically derogated all signed agreements or documents including
the historic Tripoli Agreement of Peace of 2001.
Secretary Deles should learn to build from previously signed
agreements/documents instead of obstructing the peace negotiations
from moving forward by attempting to reverse or nullify previous
agreements and impose her will on the processes.
Spokesperson, NDFP Negotiating Panel
25 August 2011
**THE OBSTRUCTIONISM OF DELES **
Secretary Teresita “Ging” Deles of the Office of the Presidential
Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) does not seem to be interested in
reaching political settlements with the National Democratic Front of
the Philippines (NDFP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front of the
Philippines (MILF) by addressing the roots of the armed conflicts.
Since she assumed her post, her personally supervised negotiating
panels with both the NDFP and the MILF have been attempting to
undermine and unilaterally amend or discard all previously signed
agreements and documents in the peace negotiations between the GPH and
the NDFP, on the one hand, and the GPH and the MILF, on the other,
before and since these were formally started in 1995 and 2001,
respectively.
She has adamantly refused to recognize the continuing character of the
peace negotiations. She has tried to arrogantly abrogate agreements
previously signed by duly constituted GPH negotiating panels and
approved by GPH Presidents Ramos and Estrada, respectively.
For instance, the GPH panel negotiating with the NDFP insists that The
Hague Joint Declaration, the framework agreement that allows the two
Parties to meet across the negotiating table, is a “divisive
document”. And the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees
(JASIG), as well as the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human
Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL), are just
“confidence-building-measure” agreements.
In the case of the MILF, the GPH negotiating panel attempted to
unilaterally replace the duly designated Facilitator before the
resumption of the formal talks in February 2011. And, in the last GPH
peace proposal presented to the MILF on 22 August 2011, the GPH panel
has practically derogated all signed agreements or documents including
the historic Tripoli Agreement of Peace of 2001.
Secretary Deles should learn to build from previously signed
agreements/documents instead of obstructing the peace negotiations
from moving forward by attempting to reverse or nullify previous
agreements and impose her will on the processes.
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