Great news. President-elect Duterte’s chief negotiator Silvestre Bello 3rd said yesterday in Davao City the new administration was going to declare a ceasefire in the war with the New People’s Army. This would follow the resumption of peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front (CPP-NDF). He said the resumption of the talks and the ceasefire would likely happen before the new president delivers his first State of the Nation Address on July 25.

The government will declare the ceasefire first, then the Communist side will declare their ceasefire. Then the peace negotiators get to work.

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