A peace consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) was killed in Quezon City on Monday. This is a culture of extrajudicial killings with impunity under the Duterte regime. This is a declaratory act that national leaders of legal-democratic movement are now targeted to be killed by the Duterte regime,” former Anakpawis Party-list Rep. Ariel Casilao said in a statement sent to The Manila Times. Echanis was a long-time NDFP consultant and a member of its Reciprocal Working Committee on Socio-Economic Reforms. He actively participated during the 2016-2017 peace talks with the Duterte administration that tackled Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms.

Source: Manila Times August 10, 2020 06:30 UTC