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Talks between Philippine govt, communists collapse
MANILA. Philippines. Oct 15: Peace talks between the government and communist rebels have collapsed, the in surgents said Saturday A Cabinet member threatened to bypass the Dutch-based com monist leadership and contact rival Marxist faction*. reports
Prehnunary talks on ending the 25-year insurgency, one of the worlds longest, began Monday in the Netherlands where most of the leadership of the Communist Party of the Phlhppinee lives Ui exile
In a statement sent to news agencies, rebel negotiator Luis Jalandont said the talks broke down Friday because of the
government's "utter lack of sincerity and seriousness."
Jalandoni. a former Roman Catholic priest, said the government insisted that the rebels acknowledge the "political authority" of President Fidel Ramos’ administration
There was no statement from ihe government panel, and Ramos was en route, to Saudi Arabia for an official visit
However. Sen. Rodolfo Blazon, who joined the gov eminent team in De Btlt. said the government rejected rebel demands for a status of bel ligerency
Blazon a former Philippine military chief of staff said the
rebels tried to "push for talks between two equals
They want to make It ap pear that in the Philippines there are two governments two laws." he said. wft«?.M^ retiel group refused demands that it "subordinate itself to the government in the dim us slon of safety and immunity guarantees.’ .
The group "does not want to surrender to Rarnos. Jalandoni said. This is a movement which ha* been fighting the government for 25
In Manila Interior Secret ary Rafael Alunan said ihe collapse of the talks was
saddening. He accused Jose Maria Sison. the Communist Party founder. of an "uncompromising stand "
"Under the circumstances. It seems to me It would be log leal for the Philippine government Io seek out arrange ments .with all factions." Alunan said in a radio inter view. "If Sfson prefers to be Isolated, alone In a corner, so be i t
Sison. a former university professor, reorganised the parly along Maoist lines In 1968 from what was left of a moribund. pro-Soviet move merit which waged the unsuc erssful "Huk' rebellion in the 1940s and 1950s. The Huk
were the precursor of the New Peoples Army, the Communist Party a armed wing.
Despite SI son a arrest In 1977. party ranks swelled during the authoritarian rule of the late President Ferdinand Marcos Marcos' successor. Corazon Aquino, freed Sison and hundreds of others after she look office In the 1986 "people power" revolution that toppled Marcos
Sison left the country the following September, and the rebellion continued after Mrs Aquino refused any iruijor con cessions to the Marxists
The movement, however, declined sharply In the early I99t)s because of an Ideologi-
cal split between Slson and others who wanted to pursue a strategy of urban-based guerilla
Party sources say the movement has now split Into about three mgjor factions.
According to the armed forces, the New People's Anny has withered from a peak strength of 25.500 In 1988 to about 12.000 today Many cadres have quit the move ment because of confusion over . strategy and leadership.
Satur Ocampo, a former party leader, said in Manila that he expected efforts to resolve the conflict to continue despite the collapse of the talks