ASIDE from his allegedly excessive travels abroad, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd is also being accused of violating Proclamation 360, which formally terminated peace talks between the Duterte administration and the communist rebels.

Bello’s critic, radio broadcaster Adolfo Paglinawan, said the Labor chief had skirted an International Labor Organization (ILO) conference in Geneva, Switzerland to meet with Jose Maria “Joma” Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, who has been on a self-imposed exile in The Netherlands for decades.

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