PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a two-month timeline for the government’s peace negotiations with communist rebels, as he expressed willingness to shoulder the expenses during the peace process.

Duterte said he would pay for the lodging expenses of the rebel negotiating panel, including Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison, if they would agree to hold peace negotiations in the country.

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