The President yesterday ordered the newly composed government peace panel to resume peace talks with communist rebels and to complete the negotiations in a year.

In a statement, Executive Secretary Ronaldo Zamora said the peace panel was given 10 days from yesterday to submit to the President its plans on how to resume peace talks with the CPP/NPA/NDF.

Ambassador Howard Dee was retained as chief negotiator with the NDF, the President said in a memorandum to presidential peace adviser Ambassador Manuel Yan.

The members of the Dee panel are Senators Franklin Drilon and Rodolfo Biazon, human rights lawyer Rene Sarmiento, and Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel.

Tarlac Gov. Jose Yap was designated as senior adviser to the panel while Presidential Management Staff Director Danilo Encinas will head the panel technical committee.

The peace talks with the communist-led National Democratic Front have been dragging on for 12 years under the Aquino and Ramos administrations.

But a human rights accord has been signed in the last months of the Ramos administration, one of four major issues in the agenda.

Mr. Estrada told the panel to resolve two contentious issues that stalled the Ramos-NDF negotiations.

These are the process of the negotiations, and the ''mode of implementation'' of the substantive agreements and approval by the principals.

During the previous negotiations, the NDF refused to continue the peace talks after Ramos laid down conditions for the formal signing of the human rights accord.

The former President wanted a ceasefire before agreeing to sign the document with the NDF leader.

Mr. Estrada vowed to pursue the peace talks in issuing Memorandum Order No. 7, providing ''clear directives'' for its pursuit, Zamora said.

The direction, it said, was for the attainment of a ''principled and peaceful solution of the internal armed conflict, with neither blame nor surrender, but with justice and dignity for all concerned.''

The President announced the new composition of the government panel.