ZAMBOANGA CITY: Some 700 former communist rebels faced President Rodrigo Duterte in a dialogue organized by the Philippine military on Thursday in Davao City, officials said.

Army Major Ezra Balagtey, spokesman for the Eastern Mindanao Command, said those who attended the meeting were former fighters of the New People’s Army (NPA) who surrendered this year in the provinces of Agusan, Bukidnon, Surigao, Davao, Cotabato and Sarangani.

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