National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he is
hoping that the ceasefire declared by the Communist Party of the Philippine-New
People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) would last longer than
the announced seven days.
A longer truce would allow the government to focus on
various development projects needed in the countryside, he said.
Lorenzana stressed that he is supportive of all initiatives
that would bring a just and lasting peace to the nation.
"The Declaration of Restoration of Ceasefire by the
President and Commander-in-Chief Rodrigo Duterte that takes effect midnight of
20 August 2016, and his clear instructions for the AFP (Armed Forces of the
Philippines) to restore its erstwhile operational guidelines will be communicated
forthwith to all AFP units on the ground by all means possible as we
speak," AFP public affairs office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo said earlier.
Last Friday, the CPP declared a seven-day unilateral
ceasefire hours after the release of its high-ranking leaders Benito and Wilma
Tiamzon, who were named consultants to the peace talks scheduled on Aug. 22-26
in Oslo , Norway
The rebel ceasefire took effect 12:01 a.m. of August 21 and
will last until 11:59 p.m. of August 27.
Duterte, in his first State-of-the-Nation Address last July
25, declared a unilateral ceasefire against the rebels as a sign of goodwill.
He however was forced to lift it five days later after
unprovoked NPA attacks against militiamen in Compostela Valley
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