Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, new year's wish is for President Rodrigo Duterte to resume the stalled peace negotiation.
In an online interview on Sunday from the Netherlands, where he is on self-exile, Sison said that Duterte should return to the negotiating table in 2018.
According to Sison, Duterte should allow the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) panels to work out the comprehensive agreements on social, economic and political reforms to lay the basis for a just and lasting peace.
There is an edge of sarcasm, though, in Sison’s statement.
There is time for Mr. Duterte to reconsider his scheme of imposing fascist dictatorship which is too bloody and messy,” he said.
"They must overcome the anticipated deterioration of the economy and the rise of fascist dictatorship.”
On a personal note, Sison wished that he and his wife Julie would “stay healthy [so we could] stay active in serving the Filipino people in their struggle for national and social liberation," he added.
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