INCOMING President Rodrigo Duterte may find the peace process with the Moro rebels more complicated and contentious than the peace overtures with the leftist group but analysts believe that a genuine peace pact is possible under his administration.

Bobby Tuazon, a University of the Philippines professor and also director for policy studies of Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG), on Wednesday said Duterte’s decision to have Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza and peace negotiator Silvestre Bello 3rd back on the negotiating table with the Moro and leftist rebel groups is on the right track.

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