BAGUIO CITY: President Rodrigo Duterte assured leaders and stakeholders in Cordillera that he will be presiding over a peace and order council meeting in the region anytime soon to tackle pressing issues and concerns that would help in stamping out the communist movement before he steps down from power next year.
In a video call facilitated by Presidential Chief Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo prior to the start of a gathering of Cordillera officials recently, the President stated he had been longing to visit the Cordillera to see for himself what is happening on the ground and how government is responding to the issues and concerns of the people but the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the restrictions on the movement people have prevented him to do so.
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