IT is welcome and reassuring to hear President Duterte elucidate a new government policy on peace talks with the communist insurgents, whom he bluntly labels “terrorists.” He articulates a more clear-eyed perspective on the 46-year-old communist insurgency, which is the oldest communist rebellion on the planet, and on the unending demand of the CPP/NDF/NPA for the release of communist political prisoners. And he has told the Armed Forces to prepare for war against the communists.

If one or all of the more than 400 communist prisoners are freed by the government, what guarantees are provided by the CPP/NDF/NPA that they will not wage war anew against the government once given liberty?

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