Sunday, August 21, 2016
Herbert Curia
Joint Statement of the GPH and NDFP Negotiating Panels
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Declaration of restoration of ceasefire
I am pleased to announce that President Rodrigo Duterte has restored the effects of the unilateral ceasefire with the CPP/ NPA/NDF effective 12 midnight tonight, 21 August 2016. The duration of the ceasefire will last for as long as necessary to bring peace in the land and also in order to provide an enabling environment for the success of the peace negotiations that will start in Oslo, Norway on August 22.
The President during his State of the Nation Address last July 25 first issued the unilateral ceasefire to immediately somehow stop violence and bring peace to the communities and the people. However, six (6) days after, the President lifted it on July 30 due to the failure of the CPP/NPA/NDF to timely reciprocate with their own.