President Rodrigo Duterte has reiterated his relentless fight against drugs in his various speeches at different occassions on Monday, August 29 and told his critics not to “scare" him about human rights.
“Even ordinary Dabawenyos can become heroes -- a government official, a police officer, a teacher, a traffic enforcer, an overseas Filipinos worker, a 'kasambahay', a father, a mother, everyone.”
Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Jesus Dureza said that it is important to set mechanisms to prevent skirmishes, to identify the party who will intervene, and to find out how such incident occurred under a ceasefire
The Communist Party of the Philippines and the National Operational Command of the New People’s Army (NPA) has reciprocated the indefinite ceasefire issued by President Rodrigo Duterte with a declaration of an interim ceasefire to all commands and units of the NPA and people’s militias on Sunday, August 28.
Now that the peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines is moving forward, President Rodrigo Duterte said the government troops will focus on dealing with the illegal drugs trade and extremism in the country.