PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said either death or surrender can revive the peace talks between the government and the communist rebels.

“The barometer is if they give up or [if] they are all dead. I do not have any choice. They are fighting the government. They’re killing the soldiers and policemen, so my order is also to kill them,” said Duterte in an interview with reporters after the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Christine Villas housing project at Barangay Maria Cristina in Balo-i, Lanao del Norte on Wednesday.