THE “common ground” that the government and the Philippine Left stand on regarding the country’s territorial rights over disputed islands in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) is a promising sign that peace talks between the two camps may soon resume, according to a Malacañang official.
In a text message, Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. on Sunday said the negotiating table remains open for the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) to share if only to end the country’s decades-old communist insurgency, arguably the world’s longest.
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