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Duterte: Joma, communists are 'arrogant'

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_xJhY_3V9Uc" width="510"></iframe></figure>President Rodrigo Duterte criticized Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria Sison during his camp visit in the 3rd Infantry Spearhead Division in Jamindan, Capiz on Friday afternoon.Duterte said Sison, his former college professor, is &quot;arrogant&quot;.This, after Sison criticized Duterte&#x27;s decision to resume military operations against the CPP&#x27;s armed wing, the New People&#x27;s Army (NPA).The President also downplayed the CPP-NPA&#x27;s claim of strength.&quot;Akala mo naman kung sino magsalita?&quot; Duterte said. &quot;Nayayabangan ako sa kanila as if they are really the one in power.&quot;In Davao, according to Duterte, NPA-backed candidates could not even win an election if not for him.&quot;Hindi nga sila manalo sa eleksyon sa Davao kung hindi dahil sa akin,&quot; he added.He urged Sison to show sincerity when dealing with the government.Duterte on July 30 revoked a ceasefire with the communist rebels after the insurgents failed to reciprocate his declaration at the end of a 24-hour deadline.Duterte sought to bring the rebels back to the negotiating table in an effort to end one of the world’s longest-running Maoist insurgencies that has claimed 30,000 lives since the 1960s.&quot;Let me now announce that i am hereby ordering for the immediate lifting of the unilateral ceasefire that i ordered last July 25 against the communist rebels,&quot; Duterte said in a statement.&quot;I am ordering all security forces to be on high alert and continue to discharge their normal functions and mandate to neutralize all threats to national security, protect the citizenry , enforce the laws and maintain peace in the land,&quot;Formal talks were scheduled to begin in Oslo, Norway on August 20.Sison, meanwhile, decribed Duterte as &quot;volatile&quot; for revoking the government ceasefire.“Masyado namang volatile ang Presidente na bagong halal,” an incensed Sison told ANC.“Hindi pwedeng nag-uultimatum. Ang pinag-uusapan dito oras lang, araw. Kung lumamapas ng buwan, pwedeng may uminit ang ulo,” he said.Duterte’s decision, Sison said, showed a “lack of prudence in something as sensitive and delicate as peace negotiations between two armed fighting sides.” - with reports from Doris Bigornia and Nony Basco, ABS-CBN NewsREAD: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/30/16/duterte-revokes-ceasefire-with-communist-rebels">Duterte revokes ceasefire with communist rebels</a>READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/30/16/sison-slams-volatile-duterte-for-scrapping-ceasefire">Sison slams &#x27;volatile&#x27; Duterte for scrapping ceasefire</a>

In Davao, according to President Rodrigo Duterte, NPA-backed candidates could not even win an election if not for him. 