In a visit to Oslo, Norway, Jalandoni, with other members of the Peace Negotiating Panel, would begin consultations with the Norwegian government to convince President Arroyo to resume talks with the NDFP.

In a statement, Jalandoni said the consultations would also deal with the reinforcement of the work of the Joint Monitoring Committee created by the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) to look after the rampant cases of human rights violations in the Philippines.

The NDFP chairperson further said the meetings would also touch on how to keep active and productive the NDFP Peace Negotiating Panel and its reciprocal working committee on social and economic reforms, and other possible working groups on political and constitutional reforms.

"So far, the Arroyo regime has made categorical manifestations that it has shut the door to the resumption of formal talks in favor of pursuing an all-out war policy against the revolutionary movement. Arroyo’s chief of staff Mike Defensor has declared that the GRP will no longer negotiate with the NDFP and that it will undertake only localized peace talks arranged by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP), the military and local peace and order councils," he added.

The NDFP Peace Negotiating Panel, led by Jalandoni, is joined by its members Fidel Agcaoili, Coni Ledesma, Julie de Lima, Asterio Palma, and Ruth de Leon as panel chief of staff.

Also present are NDFP chief political consultant Jose Ma. Sison, negotiating panel senior legal adviser Justice Romeo Capulong, and consultant Danilo Borjal.

He added that the Norwegian government, human rights organizations, and religious organizations have criticized the Arroyo regime for failing to stop human rights violations and for refusing to resume formal talks with the NDFP Negotiating Panel.