President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday admitted that Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader Nur Misuari, whom he had invited for a dialog, remains ambivalent and is not ready to commit to peace talks.

“Nur Misuari is ambivalent. Ang tingin ko [I think] Nur will not commit now, he’s consolidating the forces but he has lost control of the young men of the Moro generation,” Duterte said in a speech before military troops at Camp Melchor Dela Cruz in Gamu, Isabela.

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