Manila Bulletin
DILG slams Elago for peace talks call after NPA attack killed FEU football player in Masbate
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) strongly criticized Kabataan Party-list Representative Sara Elago for her call to resume peace talks with the CPP-NPA-NDF, citing the recent death of Keith Absalon.
DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya deemed Elago's attempt to use Absalon's death as justification for peace negotiations as 'distasteful' and 'repulsive'.
Elago had stated that the incident underscored the need for the government to resume peace negotiations and address the root causes of the armed conflict, such as poverty and injustice.
Malaya, also spokesperson for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC), accused Elago and her allies of being uninterested in holding the NPA accountable for the killing.
He further alleged that their true intention was to use such incidents for propaganda to force the government back to the negotiating table for concessions while continuing their attacks.
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Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago challenged Kabataan party-list Rep. Sarah Elago to urge the New People's Army (NPA) to surrender instead of echoing Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) chief Jose Maria Sison's calls for peace talks.
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Philippine National Police chief Police General Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar stated that peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) would be futile, especially after a recent landmine incident in Masbate.
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