Notwithstanding all the aforecited issues, the NDFP holds the position that the peace negotiations are still going on in principle because no side has terminated JASIG and that in fact twelve formal agreements between the two sides remain valid and binding, the Joint Secretariat of the Joint Monitoring Committee under the CARHRIHL continues to operate in Quezon City, the panelists of both sides are allowed by the Ground Rules to meet at any time for consultations and the Norwegian third party facilitator shuttles back and forth between the two panels.
Sa kabila ng lahat ng usaping nabanggit, naniniwala ang NDFP na umiiral pa rin sa esensya ang negosasyong pangkapayapaan dahil wala namang panig na tumapos na sa JASIG at ang totoo'y mayroong 12 pormal na kasunduan ang dalawang panig na nananatiling may bisa at umiiral; ang Joint Secretariat ng Joint Monitoring Committee ng CARHRIHL ay patuloy na nagtatrabaho sa Quezon City; ang mga panel ng magkabilang panig ay pinahihintulutan ng Ground Rules na makipagkonsultahan anumang oras; at ang tagapamagitang Norwegian ay tumatawid-tawid sa dalawang panel.