CPP's get-out-of-jail card
The recent arrest of Porferio Tuna, Jr., a former National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant during the 2016 peace talks, and the potential revival of formal negotiations between the Government of the Philippines and the NDFP have brought renewed attention not only to the peace process but also to a long-standing Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) tactic aimed at rescuing their prominent leaders from incarceration.