President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to grant pardon to around 20 political prisoners before Christmas, a government chief negotiator said on Monday.

In a chance interview, government panel chief negotiator and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd said the prisoners will be released on "humanitarian reasons" or "bail recognizance."

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