MANILA, Philippines — With the creation of the National Amnesty Commission (NAC), the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) sought for peace groups’ recommendations in granting amnesty to former rebels and insurgents.
“With this delivery of important commitment from the government, I am requesting the various peace tables to already prepare the parameters and come up with recommendations on the implementation of the amnesty proclamation,” presidential peace adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. said Wednesday in a statement.
President Rodrigo Duterte tasked the NAC to process applications and identify who are qualified to be granted amnesty.
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