The president’s anger stemmed from the July 20 statement of the Communist Party of the Philippines—which the NDFP represents in the peace talks—calling his order to rearrest consultants of the NDFP “a strongman’s act of bad faith aimed at bullying the NDFP to bow to his terms of surrender.”
Both parties reached the fourth round of formal talks before the Philippine government refused to continue to the next round, citing as reason the directives of CPP to its armed units to intensify attacks against the government following the declaration of martial law in Mindanao in May. (Read more: VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Peace or war?)
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flip-flops on bullying communists
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