Duterte’s last gamble: ‘Give up, get land, house’
Duterte’s last gamble: ‘Give up, get land, house’
Going into his final three months in office, President Duterte apparently realized he was far from achieving another one of his 2016 campaign promises: to achieve peace and end the 50-years-plus armed conflict with the underground Left revolutionary movement. Much earlier, he had conceded failing to fulfill two other promises – to end the festering problems of illegal drugs and corruption.
In two instances this month, he called on members of the New People’s Army (NPA) to surrender, dangling as reward land to till and a house for each surrenderer.
Last Tuesday, Duterte said in his video-taped regular address to the nation:
“Sabi ko sa mga komunista, lumabas na kayo, kung may panahon pa, basta malista kayo o kasali sa land reform, ito may sarili kayong bahay, may sariling lupa. (I tell the communists, come out now while there’s still time, once you are listed or included in land reform, you can have your own houses, your own lands).”
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