“We have already provided guidance to our units to be vigilant [and]stay alert, pertaining to the movements of the NPA,” Padilla said. “[I]n case of the past peace talks, it is now very clear that the behavior of the other side will always lead to the failure of peace talks,” he said. “[The cancellation of peace talks] will pave the way for their re-arrest because they were only released for the formal talks,” Padilla said. “Remember that all of them are facing charges before courts and they were just temporarily released for the purpose of the peace talks. Now that there are no peace talks, there is no reason for them to be at large,” Padilla said.

Source: Manila Times November 24, 2017 15:00 UTC