RP says 'No' to guerrilla release

Tue, 24 Apr 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

MANILA (AFP): Philippine officials on Monday rejected a
communist guerrilla demand to free two comrades serving life
terms for the murder of a U.S. military adviser, as government
negotiators prepared to fly to Norway for peace talks.

President Gloria Arroyo's security advisers decided to reject
the National Democratic Front (NDF) demand for the release of the
convicted killers of U.S. army colonel James Rowe, national
security adviser Roilo Golez told reporters.

Manila also rejected a call to withdraw its membership from
the World Trade Organization and abrogate a military training
pact with the United States, he added.

Golez said the peace talks should proceed in the Norwegian
capital of Oslo as scheduled on Friday despite Manila's
decisions.

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