{"id":167404,"date":"2018-06-20T02:30:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T06:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=167404"},"modified":"2018-06-20T02:30:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T06:30:09","slug":"duterte-hopes-to-strike-peace-with-enemies-of-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/20\/duterte-hopes-to-strike-peace-with-enemies-of-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte hopes to \u2018strike peace\u2019 with enemies of state"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in his speech during the 81st anniversary celebration of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) at the Gymnasium of the GSIS Financial Center in Pasay City on June 19, 2018, reiterates that he is relentless in his fight against corruption in government. RICHARD MADELO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Tuesday expressed hope to “strike peace” with enemies of the state as promised during the election campaign two years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to strike peace. There is no other way to do it. I cannot fight for Muslims. I cannot fight for Christians,\u201d Duterte said in his speech during the 81st anniversary of the Government Insurance Service System (GSIS) in Pasay City.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he believes the Filipino nation can finally see \u201cthe light at the end of the tunnel\u201d if the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) will be enacted into law.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m talking to the MI (Moro Islamic Liberation Front). The BBL is there. I\u2019m just keeping my fingers crossed but hopefully if it will be passed, we can see the light at the end of tunnel,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

The President said even Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding chairman Nur Misuari agreed to talk peace and end decades of conflict in Mindanao.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, I\u2019m talking to NM (Nur Misuari). Misuari said \u2018Okay Rod\u2019. We\u2019re both from Mindanao. We share the same roof. Why do have to kill each other?,\u201d said Duterte, who country\u2019s first Mindanaoan president..<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, 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 (SONA) next month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, 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,\u201d Roque said in a press conference in Cotabato City on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he is also talking with Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria Sison.<\/p>\n

He reiterated his promise to guarantee Sison\u2019s safety and security as the President insisted that peace talks between the Philippine government and the CPP\u2019s National Democratic Front should be held in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy 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\u2019s talk here,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Duterte gave Sison a 60-day “small window” to talk peace in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s 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,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

The President, however, told the communist leader not to come back to the country \u201cever again\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was chosen by the people with a task to find peace in my country. I will exactly do that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque clarified that Norway can still be third party facilitator even if the peace talks between the Philippine government and the CPP-NDF will be held in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to emphasize the desire of the President to hold the peace talks in the Philippines but the third party facilitator does not have to be abroad to facilitate the peace talks,\u201d Roque added.<\/p>\n

Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza earlier said Norway will remain as a facilitator of the peace talks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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