From the Daily Tribune (Aug 16): Rody, communists discuss on how to shape up gov’t
Despite their apparent rift, President Duterte bared yesterday that he still has to tap the communist movement’s help on how to run the government.
In a speech yesterday at the Palace, Duterte said that he has met with leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front (CPP-NDF) consulting them on how to shape his administration.
But contrary to his campaign declarations of entering into a “revolutionary coalition” government with the Reds, the President clarified that he’s only seeking the Left’s help.
“I was talking to the NDF panel and we had discussions on how to shape up government without necessarily going to the complicated task of coalition because I don’t think it would work,” Duterte said in his speech.
As if implying that his really true to his being a self-proclaimed socialist or leftist, Duterte said that he is inspired to build a socialist-like government without, obviously, jeopardizing the authority of state security forces.
His consultations with the NDF — whose CPP founding chairman Jose Maria Sison is President Duterte’s college professor —will accordingly resume after the presumptive results of the forthcoming peace talks between the NDF and the Philippine Government (GRP) in Oslo, Norway in less than two weeks.
Duterte hinted that he might give a more free hand to the Left after the first round of the GRP-NDF talks.
“I said maybe what will come out of these talks in Oslo, I would retain the control of military and police and they can have the mundane matters of government,” the President said.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/rody-communists-discuss-on-how-to-shape-up-gov-t
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