COMMUNIST Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison has condemned the Duterte government for reneging on its supposed commitment to free 434 rebel leaders languishing in jails across the country.

Sison, chief political consultant of the National Democratic Front (NDF), the CPP political arm negotiating peace with the Philippine government, claimed the Duterte government violated two previous agreements on so-called political detainees: the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees and the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.

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