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PRIMARYANG BATIS 3: USAPING PANG-KAPAYAPAAN

Primaryang batis mula sa: “Hague Joint Declaration of the GPH-CPP/NPA/NDF | Sept. 1, 1992,” Office of the
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, accessed on November 26, 2017, https://peace.gov.ph/2016/11/hague-
joint-declaration-gph-cppnpandf-sept-1-1992/.

The Hague Joint Declaration

September 1, 1992

We, the undersigned emissary of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the
undersigned representative of the National Democratic Front (NDF) have held exploratory talks at The
Hague, The Netherlands on August 31 - September 1, 1992 and have agreed to recommend to our
respective principals the following:

1. Formal peace negotiations between the GRP and the NDF shall be held to resolve the armed
conflict.
2. The common goal of the aforesaid negotiations shall be the attainment of a just and lasting peace.
3. Such negotiations shall take place after the parties have reached tentative agreements on
substantive issues in the agreed agenda through the reciprocal working committees to be
separately organized by the GRP and the NDF.
4. The holding of peace negotiations must be in accordance with mutually acceptable principles,
including national sovereignty, democracy and social justice and no precondition shall be made to
negate the inherent character and purpose of the peace negotiations.
5. Preparatory to the formal peace negotiations, we have agreed to recommend the following:
a. Specific measures of goodwill and confidence-building to create a favorable climate for
peace negotiations; and
b. The substantive agenda of the formal peace negotiations shall include human rights and
international humanitarian law, socio-economic reforms, political and constitutional
reforms, end of hostilities and disposition of forces.

Signed on September 1, 1992 in The Hague, The Netherlands.

For the For the

Government of the Republic National Democratic of the
Philippines Front of the Philippines

Rep. JOSE V. YAP LUIS JALANDONI

Emissary Representative

WITNESSES:

Rep. Eric D. Singson Coni Ledesma

Teresita de Castro Byron Bocar

State Counsel

Jose Maria Sison

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APPROVED BY:

(Sgd) Fidel V. Ramos (Sgd) Manuel Romero

Chairperson Chairperson
President National Democratic Front
Government of the Republic of the Philippines
of the Philippines September 9, 1992
October 8, 1992
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Primaryang batis mula sa: “Speech of President Ramos at the Signing of the Bill repealing the Anti-Subversion
Law,” Official Gazette, accessed on November 26, 2017, http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1992/09/02/speech-of-
president-ramos-at-the-signing-of-the-bill-repealing-the-anti-subversion-law/.

Speech of
His Excellency Fidel V. Ramos
President of the Philippines
At the Signing of the Bill repealing the Anti-Subversion Law

[Released on September 2, 1992]

A peace with honor

TODAY’S repeal of the law outlawing the Communist Party and penalizing membership in it moves
forward our efforts to attain enduring peace.

The historic significance of this new Republic Act is underlined by the fact that it is the very first law that
the ninth Congress has passed and the first one which this President has approved.

Republic Act 1700 was passed 35 years age—when Communism seemed the wave of the future—by a
Philippine State fearful of being submerged in its tide.

Today we repeal it—confident of our national stability and confirmed in the resilience of our democracy.
By assuring Communist insurgents of political space, we also challenge them to compete under our
constitutional system and free market of ideas—which are guaranteed by the rule of law.

An end to the killing

We are reaching out to Communist rebels without any illusions that the rest of the way will be easy.

Even so, we are willing to sit and dialogue with them in the hope that we can put an end to the killing and
the suffering; and bring back to civil society the young men and women—the cadres of the movement—
who are also its sacrificial victims.

It is to these young people that my heart goes out—as President, as commander in chief, as a veteran, as a
parent.

To these young Filipinos I say: You have fought long enough. You have proved your courage. Now, take
the peace we offer: a peace with honor and justice, a peace that will enable you to take hold of your life
again and rejoin the mainstream of Philippine society in the rebuilding of the nation.

The root causes of rebellion

My Government is addressing the root causes of rebellion—and not just its symptoms. We are determined
to reduce poverty, remedy injustice, remove ignorance and protect the law-abiding.

I see positive and meaningful roles for all concerned Filipinos in the good society we are all trying to
build— for the CPP-NPA-NDF the kind of role that your former comrade Bernabe Buscayno,
“Commander Dante,” has found for himself.
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I thank most sincerely the Senate and House of Representatives for their responsive and expeditious
action on this priority Administration bill. Indeed, our unified efforts to repeal R.A. 1700 as part of the
Government’s comprehensive peace package augurs well for our common goal to establish the conditions
necessary to make the Philippines a better place to live in and enable it to regain a respected and dignified
place in the community of nations.