By Alexis Romero
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte will think “a thousand times” before deciding on whether to resume the peace talks with communists, which were terminated last month after rebels launched successive attacks against security forces.
“I will think about it. I will think a thousand times and consult with the Cabinet, including the left-leaning members of the Cabinet,” the president told reporters in an interview Tuesday in Malacañang.
“We are a Cabinet. We are a working government. We can work well with each other were all right and it's best that we discuss it some time, not now, about how to go on about this problem on how to navigate again the stormy waters of our country,” he added.
Duterte stressed that the government’s interest “must prevail” in any negotiation.
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