THE leader and founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is welcome to return home after nearly three decades in exile and participate in peace talks with the government, Malacañang said on Wednesday.

Palace spokesman Harry Roque made the assurance after Jose Maria Sison expressed willingness to return to the country following President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer to resume the stalled peace negotiations between the government and the communist rebel group.

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