Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Monday sought the immediate release of political prisoners as agreed during the recent peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).

Zarate, the vice chairman of the House Committee on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity, issued the call to free 50 detainees, including women, the elderly, sick and those who have been detained for years.

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