President Rodrigo Roa Duterte's ultimatum for rebel forces
to cease and desist on the use of landmines and improvised explosive devices is
in line with international protocols.
This was stressed by Philippine Army spokesperson Col.
Benjamin Hao in a message to the PNA on Sunday.
"The call of the President is in line with
international protocols on the use of landmines in warfare," he added.
Hao was referring to the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect
for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHIHL), which the New
People's Army signed together with the Government of the Philippines
It is clearly agreed upon in the CARHIHL that civilians
shall be distinguished from combatants, shall not be the object of attacks, and
shall be protected against the use of landmines.
"In case the rebels continue to use landmines, it will
not stop the PA (from running) after them until the rebels agree to a peaceful
resolution to this internal security problem," Hao pointed out.
Duterte issued early Sunday morning an ultimatum against
communist rebels’ use of landmines and demanded inclusion of the battlefield
issue in the peace talks or else the negotiations will be called off.
“Either you stop it or we stop talking,” the President said.
In the said landmine attacks, four soldiers were killed
while 10 others were wounded in two separate incidents in Compostela Valley
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