Leaders of various religious organizations have expressed support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to resume peace talks with communist rebels. The group called on both the Philippine government and the NDFP to resume formal peace talks, through the third-party facilitation of the Royal Norwegian Government. The President has given a two-month deadline for the peace talks to resume. He said he would want the resumption of the peace talks to be held in the country. He also declared that he would give Sison and other rebel negotiators the freedom to move around while the peace talks were ongoing.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 08, 2018 23:03 UTC