Padilla had also earlier stated that the NDFP consultants should not be freed because the New People's Army (NPA) had not yet released prisoners of war that were being held in Mindanao. Agcaoili retorted that the POWs arrested by the NPA were not JASIG-protected personnel and that the revolutionary movement in the island had the right to investigate the POWs because there were cases filed against them in the people's court.
Bago ito ay nagpahayag din si Padilla na hindi dapat palayain ang mga konsultant ng NDFP dahil hindi pa pinalalaya ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan (BHB) ang mga bihag-sa-digma o prisoner of war (POW) sa Mindanao. Ani Agcaoili, hindi saklaw ng JASIG ang mga POW na inaresto ng BHB at may karapatan ang rebolusyonaryong kilusan sa isla na imbestigahan ang mga POW dahil sa mga kasong isinampa ng mamamayan sa kanila sa hukumang bayan.