CPP declares ceasefire in response to UN call
CPP declares ceasefire in response to UN call
By Ken E. Cagula
Davao Today
DAVAO CITY– The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) declared a nationwide ceasefire order Tuesday for its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA) and its militias amid the country’s efforts to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The CPP Central Committee, in a statement, said the ceasefire order shall take effect on March 26 to April 15, where “all NPA units and people’s militias shall cease and desist from carrying out offensive military operations against the armed units and personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP) and other paramilitary and armed groups attached to the GRP,” the CPP said.
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