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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 276 -
FORMALIZING THE INTER-AGENCY SAFETY AND IMMUNITY GUARANTEES (SIG)
COMMITTEE FOR THE GRP-NDF PEACE TALKS
WHEREAS, the Government and the
national Democratic Front have recommended the conduct of formal peace
negotiations between the two sides under the Hague Joint Declaration
dated 1 September 1992;
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 125 dated 15 September 1993 created the
Government Panel to conduct peace negotiations with the Communist Party
of the Philippines (CCP)/New People’s Army (NPA)/National Democratic
Front (NDF);
WHEREAS, both Panels signed the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity
Guarantees (JASIG) on 24 February 1995 to facilitate the formal peace
negotiations, to create a favorable atmosphere conductive to free
discussion and free movement during the peace negotiations;
WHEREAS, the Government Panel and the Panel of the National Democratic
Front had opened formal peace negotiations in Brussels, Belgium in June
1995 as contained in the joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity
Guarantees (JASIG);
WHEREAS, the main objective of safety and immunity guarantees (SIG) was
to safeguard and protect the rights of negotiators, consultant,
staffers, security and other personnel participating in the formal
negotiations;
WHEREAS, there is need for a permanent Inter-Agency Committee to
provide a mechanism for coordination, joint decision making and
problem-solving and monitoring of the JASIG implementation;
NOW, THEREFORE I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines of the
powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the creation of the
Inter-Agency SIG Committee as a permanent committee.
Section 1.
Secretary
of National Defense (Vice-Chairman)
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (Vice-Chairman)
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Secretary of justice
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
Director-General of the Philippines National Police
Chairman of the Government Panel for Peace Talks with the CPP/NPA/NDF
Sec. 2.
To assist the Committee, a technical working group shall also be
created to serve as its technical arm comprised of senior
representatives of the agencies.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5.
Done in the city of Manila,
this 19th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and ninety-five.
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