With the signing of the mechanics for the holding of peace talks in July, the government and communist rebels may declare a ceasefire before President-elect Rodrigo Duterte delivers his first State of the Nation Address (SONA).

In a news conference in Davao City on Tuesday, government negotiator Silvestre Bello 3rd said the Duterte administration and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) will declare a “unilateral ceasefire” once the formal peace talks between the two parties begin.

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