political prisoners as government goodwill gesture for the resumption of peace talks with communist rebels.
“The Duterte government should at least show some goodwill efforts regarding its proposal to resume the formal peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines ,” Danilo Ramos, KMP chair, said in a statement.Ramos said the government must seriously consider granting pardon and executive clemency to hundreds of political prisoners who were still languishing in jails and prisons nationwide.
“Many of the political prisoners have been incarcerated for years and even decades. Many including the elderly, sickly and couples can be released based on humanitarian grounds,” Ramos said.
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