“So, I’m talking to [Jose Maria] Sison, sabi niya June. No, I’m not ready for that. Kailangan ko pa nang konting panahon [I need a little more time],” sabi ni Duterte sa talumpati sa Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
Ayon naman kay Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza, hindi matutuloy ang nakatakda sanang na muling pag-uusap sa pagitan ng gobyerno at ng komunistang grupo.
“In our common effort to make sure that we achieve a conducive and enabling environment for peace, President Rodrigo Duterte instructed us to engage our bigger peace table – the general public, as well as other sectors in government – as we work to negotiate peace with the communist rebels. Consequently, the initial timeline that our backchannel team had worked on with their counterparts – the CPP-NPA-NDF, across the table had to be necessarily adjusted,” sabi ni Dureza.
Nauna nang itinakda ang pagbubukas muli ng peace talks sa Hunyo 29.