Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday dared President Duterte to prove the sincerity of his decision, declaring the New People’s Army (NPA) as terrorist organization by removing in his Cabinet or in the Executive some known left-leaning officials.
President Rodrigo Duterte remains on the fence about resuming peace talks with the communist National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) even after meeting with left-leaning Cabinet officials.
When leftist Cabinet Secretaries sat down for dinner with President Rodrigo Duterte last week, everybody thought that the revival of the peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) would be on the menu.
President Rodrigo Duterte has called himself a leftist just days after he shelved peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).
Left-leaning Cabinet officials have called on President Rodrigo Duterte to continue peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), saying both sides are already discussing the “most substantive agenda” in the negotiations.
President Rodrigo Duterte has admitted that not all is well in the Cabinet as officials with Communist leanings sometimes engage in heated debates with those who don’t share their beliefs during meetings.
Mga ‘ex-con cabinet’ na ipinakulong ni Marcos, ipinagmalaki ni Duterte
Militant politikos led by the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives have no plans of ending their alliance with President Rodrigo Duterte even if they vehemently oppose his decision to allow the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) headed by lead convenor Liza Maza has come under fire for a tweet describing Vice President Leni Robredo and actress Agot Isidro as two people who are afraid to go hungry.
President Rodrigo Duterte is distancing himself away from National Democratic Front of the Philippines consultant Joma Sison by clarifying that he is a socialist and not a leftist as most people have perceived him to be.
