NDF allows Jalandoni to resign, makes Tiamzon panel member

Oslo, Norway – The National Democratic Front (NDF) announced Wednesday night that it has accepted the resignation of Luis Jalandoni as chairman of its peace panel, replacing him with vice chairman Fidel Agcoaili just hours before the start of the second round of peace negotiations here. “The national leadership of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines has granted the long-standing request of Comrade Luis G. Jalandoni to resign as the chairman of the NDFP negotiating panel,” the NDFP said in a statement. The rebel group said it was bringing in former Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) chairman Benito Tiamzon as member of the panel. The re-organization was announced in a hastily called press conference at the Holmen Fjordhotel that was attended by Jalandoni, Agcaoili, Tiamzon, and Chief Political Consultant CCP founding chairman Jose Maria Sison. The other members of the NDF peace panel are Connie K. Ledesma, the [...]