THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued a lookout order against the 20 political consultants of the National Democratic Front (NDF) who were earlier granted temporary freedom following the cancellation of the peace talks.
In an Immigration Lookout Bulletin Order (ILBO) released Tuesday night, the DOJ directed the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to alert the department should the following individuals pass through immigration ports:
1. Tirso Lagoras Alcantara
2. Ma. Concepcion Araneta Bocala
3. Pedro Heyrona Codaste
4. Renante Macatangay Gamara
5. Alan Valera Jazmines
6. Ernesto Epino Lorenzo
7. Ma. Loida Tuzo Magpatoc
8. Alfredo Amparo Mapano
9. Ruben Abenir Saluta
10. Adelberto Albayulde Silva
11. Benito Enriquez Tiamzon
12. Wilma Austria Tiamzon
13. Ariel Mancao Arbitrario
14. Renato Maranga Baleros Sr.
15. Kennedy Lao-ing Bangibang
16. Jaime Servillano Doria Soledad
17. Rafael Baylosis
18. Alex Birondo
19. Winona Birondo
20. Porferio Dianco Tuna
The BI was also directed to coordinate with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to obtain additional information about the said subjects.
The peace negotiators on the part of the communist group–who are subjects of pending criminal cases filed in different lower courts–were earlier given conditional freedom to participate in the Oslo, Norway peace talks between the Communist Party of the Philippines and the Philippine Government.
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered their arrest last Sunday, following his decision to end the truce and terminate the peace talks altogether.
Duterte has aslo declared an "all out war" against the Reds, whom he identified during his speech last Monday as "terrorists" and "spoiled brats." (SunStar Philippines)