The Davao City-based Eastern Mindanao Command (EMC) has
directed all its units to suspend its military operations against rebel forces
in wake of the unilateral ceasefire order by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
effective Sunday.
"Along with the expectation of peace loving community,
EMC is hopeful that this restoration of Ceasefire by the President will be
matched with the same sincerity by the other party, so that the sense of
security, stability and progress will be enjoyed by our people," EMC public
affairs office chief Major Ezra Balagtey said.
He also assures the public that ceasefire guidelines will be
followed by to the letter.
"The Declaration of Restoration of Ceasefire by the
President and Commander-in-Chief (CinC) Rodrigo Duterte that takes effect midnight
of 20 August 2016, and his clear instructions for the AFP 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 Communist Party of the Philippines and its
New People’s Army (NPA) declared a seven-day unilateral ceasefire hours after
the release of its high-ranking leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, who were
named consultants to peace talks scheduled Aug. 22 to 26 in Oslo, Norway.
The rebel ceasefire will take effect 12:01 a.m. of Aug. 21
until 11:59 p.m. of Aug. 27.
President Duterte, in his first State-of-the-Nation Address
last July 25, declared a unilateral ceasefire against the rebels as a sign of
goodwill.
But he was forced to lift it five days later after
unprovoked NPA attacks against militiamen in Compostela Valley killed one and
wounded four others last July 27 and failure of the rebels to declare their own
version of the government ceasefire.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=915866
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.