HR00769: RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. DUTERTE TO CONTINUE THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES (NDFP), CONSIDERING THE UNPRECEDENTED AND SIGNIFICANT AD
This resolution urges President Rodrigo Duterte to continue the peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).1
It highlights the unprecedented and significant advances made on the substantive agenda of the negotiations, including breakthroughs in the discussion on the Comprehensive Agreement on Socio-Economic Reforms (CASER), which shall address the country's chronic poverty situation, with both parties reaching an agreement in principle on the first four items of the draft, which includes free land distribution to landless farmers.2
The resolution emphasizes the importance of achieving lasting peace and the positive gains made in the peace talks under the Duterte administration.