With the affront to the principle of national sovereignty:
The Peace Talks are in Peril

Basahin ang artikulong ito sa Pilipino

AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF IMPEDING THE ADVANCE OF THE PEACE TALKS, the Macapagal-Arroyo regime has now put the peace process in peril due to its having allowed the entry of hundreds of American troops within Philippine territory.

This, aside from the Macapagal-Arroyo regime�s apparent lack of interest in the peace talks, are now being deliberated on by the National Council of the National Democratic Front. The NDF is set to decide whether it should continue talks with the Macapagal-Arroyo government.

The Hague Joint Declaration of 1992, the document that lays down the fundamental conventions in the conduct of the peace talks, cites national sovereignty as among the principles that both parties should advance. The entry of American troops in the country�s territory is a brazen affront by the regime on the principle of national sovereignty.

The regime�s move is worse than the ratification of the Visiting Forces Agreement in 1998, which was behind the NDF�s decision to stop holding peace talks with the Estrada regime.

January 2002
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