The Communist Party of the Philippines announced that it will declare a unilateral ceasefire on August 20, the day scheduled for the formal resumption of peace talks in Oslo, Norway.
President Rodrigo Duterte has set another deadline for the Communist Party of the Philippines, this time to reciprocate the unilateral ceasefire he declared during his first State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 25.
President Rodrigo Duterte warned the Communist Party of the Philippines that he will end the unilateral ceasefire if they will not give an explanation on the reported attack of the New People’s Army that resulted to the death of a Cafgu Active Auxiliary and the wounding of four others.
The National Operational Command of the New People’s Army has ordered all units and commands of the NPA to stay in “active defense mode” as it welcomes the declaration of the unilateral ceasefire by President Rodrigo Duterte during his State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 25.
President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a unilateral ceasefire with the Communist Party of the Philippines in a bid to provide an environment suitable for the resumption of peace talks.
President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is now “working overtime” with Cabinet Secretary, Leoncio Evasco, to prepare for the talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Moro National Liberation Front.
The formal peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines will resume in the third week of July in Oslo, Norway, officials announced.
A leader of a church alliance said three factors must be present to ensure the progress of the resumption of the peace process between the government and the National Democratic Front.
Peace advocates in the country are telling the United States to “step aside” and give the Philippines a chance to peace.
Moro groups appealed to the incoming President Rodrigo Duterte to grant amnesty to Moro prisoners who were “falsely” accused as local terrorists.
