Peace talks between the Duterte administration and the National Democratic Front/Communist Party of the Philippines/New Peoples Army (NDF/CPP/NPA) will not be derailed by the hero’s burial for former President Ferdinand Marcos, government chief negotiator and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd said on Tuesday.

Bello noted that while the NDF is opposed to the recently concluded hero’s burial for Marcos, the release of political prisoners including couple Benito and Wilma Tiamzon is enough to build confidence between the two parties.

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