PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to declare the New People’s Army (NPA) a terrorist organization did not surprise at least three senators who said that it’s what the communist armed group has been for the longest time.

“Only a President with Duterte’s guts can declare the NPA [rebels] as terrorists and that’s what who they are for quite a long time,” Sen. Panfilo Lacson said in a text message.

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