MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday grilled the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) and an officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), asking why the term “communist terrorist group” (CTG) was used in President Rodrigo Duterte’s amnesty announcement.
During the joint hearing of the House justice and national defense panels, ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro questioned why the term CTG was used in Duterte’s Proclamation No. 1090 to 1093, considering the government does not have peace negotiations with such group.
In Proclamations No. 1090 to 1093 signed Feb. 5, Duterte granted amnesty to members of the Mor…
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