PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s failure to keep his promise to free detained rebels was the reason for the communist New Peoples Army’s (NPA) decision to lift its ceasefire with the Philippine government, a rebel spokesman said.

“Ka Ferdie” of the rebels’ Front 73 Main Regional Guerilla Unit based in South Cotabato denied that the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the NPA lacked sincerity in the peace negotiations.

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