COMMENTARY: A Just and Sustainable Peace in the Philippines

On July 16, 2024, the Council of Leaders for Peace Initiatives, a group consisting of prominent peace advocates from the church and academe, as well as youth leaders and former civil servants, was formally launched in a gathering held at the Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City. Scholars for Peace convenor Sol Iglesias, Ph.D, was at the launch to deliver a talk about the current state of affairs in relation to the formal negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). The commentary below presents the main points of Dr. Iglesias’s talk.