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Fisherfolk to Trillanes: Don’t get in the way of the peace process!

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Fisherfolk to Trillanes: Don’t get in the way of the peace process!

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Senator Antonio Trillanes IV | Photo courtesy of interaksyon.com

Manila, Philippines – “If there is someone who is not in favor to end the decades old-civil war in the country, it’s definitely this military man Senator Antonio Trillanes IV who keeps obstructing the peace process between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP).”

This was the statement of the militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya-Pilipinas), reacting to Sen. Trillanes’ objection against the resumption of peace talks between the NDFP and GRP.

Trillanes had warned presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte on his openness in dealing with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) to end the decade-civil war waging in the country and even threatening to mount a military coup if Duterte favored the demands of the CPP.

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