PRESUMPTIVE President-elect Rodrigo Duterte wants the Armed Forces of the Philippines to totally crush the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and to actively join the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign, a top military official disclosed Monday.

This according to Lt. Gen. Ricardo Visaya, commander of the Southern Luzon Command (Solcom), after he emerged from a meeting with the Davao City mayor and some retired AFP and Philippine National Police (PNP) officials in the city Sunday night.

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