MANILA: The Philippine government will demand that peace talks with communist rebels shift from Europe to the Philippines and the insurgents are encamped in designated areas during the negotiations to peacefully settle one of Asia’s longest-raging insurgencies.
Presidential adviser Jesus Dureza said yesterday that New People’s Army guerrillas would also be asked to stop collecting so-called “revolutionary tax” from companies and demanding to be part of a future coalition government.
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