We, in the NDFP Negotiating Panel, had a plan in the early years of the previous decade to bring him abroad as a political consultant, not so much to provide him with medical care because he was getting excellent care from competent doctors in the Philippines but to take him away from conditions by which he always demanded to do hard work and take long walks on rough terrain. But unfortunately, the peace talks started to flounder in June 2001.
Nagkaroon kami ng balak sa negotiating panel ng NDFP noong nakaraang dekada na papuntahin si Ka Roger sa labas ng bansa bilang political consultant, di gaano para mabigyan siya ng medical care pagkat napakahusay ang nakukuha niya nito sa mga makakayahang mga doktor sa bayan natin kundi dahil sa nais namin siyang alisin sa kalagayan na nakakapagmupilit siya na gumawa ng mahirap na trabaho at lumakad nang malayo sa mahirap na daan.. Subalit nauntol magmula Hunyo 2001 ang usapang pangkapayapaan.