PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte expressed optimism in forging peace with rebels, saying, he cannot fight Muslim rebels and communist insurgents.
“We have to strike peace. There is no other way to do it. I cannot fight for Muslims. I cannot fight for Christians,” Duterte said.
He believes the nation can finally see “the light at the end of the tunnel” if the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) is enacted into law. “I’m talking to the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front). The BBL is there. I’m just keeping my fingers crossed but hopefully if it will be passed, we can see the light at the end of tunnel,” Duterte said.
He said even Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman Nur Misuari has agreed to talk peace and end decades of conflict in Mindanao.
“Then, I’m talking to NM (Nur Misuari). Misuari said ‘Okay Rod’. We’re both from Mindanao. We share the same roof. Why do have to kill each other?” Duterte said.
Duterte said he is also talking with Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria Sison. He reiterated his promise to guarantee Sison’s safety and security as the President insisted that peace talks between the government and the CPP’s National Democratic Front should be held in the country.
“Why should I talk outside? We are talking about our country, my country, their country and they want to take over, overthrow government. Why should I go to other place? Let’s talk here,” Duterte said, adding, he gave Sison a 60-day window to talk peace in the Philippines.
“Let’s talk for 60 days and during the period you come home, I will pay for your expenses and then if after two months period, nothing will happened, I will see to it that you go out of the Philippines safely,” Duterte said.
“I was chosen by the people with a task to find peace in my country. I will exactly do that,” he said.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the leaderships of the Senate and the House of Representatives promised that the bicameral conference committee will come out with final version of the BBL to be signed by Duterte before his third State of the Nation Address.
“Well, the leadership of both the Senate and Congress promised that they would really have a final version that will be finalized by the bicameral conference committee,” Roque said. (Jelly Musico)
“We have to strike peace. There is no other way to do it. I cannot fight for Muslims. I cannot fight for Christians,” Duterte said.
He believes the nation can finally see “the light at the end of the tunnel” if the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) is enacted into law. “I’m talking to the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front). The BBL is there. I’m just keeping my fingers crossed but hopefully if it will be passed, we can see the light at the end of tunnel,” Duterte said.
He said even Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman Nur Misuari has agreed to talk peace and end decades of conflict in Mindanao.
“Then, I’m talking to NM (Nur Misuari). Misuari said ‘Okay Rod’. We’re both from Mindanao. We share the same roof. Why do have to kill each other?” Duterte said.
Duterte said he is also talking with Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria Sison. He reiterated his promise to guarantee Sison’s safety and security as the President insisted that peace talks between the government and the CPP’s National Democratic Front should be held in the country.
“Why should I talk outside? We are talking about our country, my country, their country and they want to take over, overthrow government. Why should I go to other place? Let’s talk here,” Duterte said, adding, he gave Sison a 60-day window to talk peace in the Philippines.
“Let’s talk for 60 days and during the period you come home, I will pay for your expenses and then if after two months period, nothing will happened, I will see to it that you go out of the Philippines safely,” Duterte said.
“I was chosen by the people with a task to find peace in my country. I will exactly do that,” he said.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the leaderships of the Senate and the House of Representatives promised that the bicameral conference committee will come out with final version of the BBL to be signed by Duterte before his third State of the Nation Address.
“Well, the leadership of both the Senate and Congress promised that they would really have a final version that will be finalized by the bicameral conference committee,” Roque said. (Jelly Musico)
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