Reds not surprised with military’s no holiday truce recommendation

December 5, 2020

BAGUIO CITY  --  The Communist Party of the Philippines on Saturday claimed it is not  surprised with the recommendation of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to not go on ceasefire for the Christmas holiday.

Even expecting that President Rodrigo Duterte “will readily approve this plan,”  Marco Valbuena,  information officer of the CPP Central  Committee said, “all these years, the AFP has opposed any act that serves the end of peace.”

 Valbuena said,  “(the AFP) never abided by their own ceasefire declarations,”  citing that  in March to April, just as the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Philippines and in the middle of the government-declared ceasefire, “the AFP launched a nationwide offensive against the people and NPA.”   DMS