TWO senators threw their support behind President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to cancel the talks with Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front (CPP-NDF), insisting that the rebels must first show good faith.

Sen. Gregorio Honasan 2nd, chairman of the Senate committee on peace, unification and reconciliation, said the government must first make sure that it was talking peace with the right group that has control over the communist rebels on the ground.

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