“It is to the interest of the people, the NPA and other revolutionary forces that there be the traditional holiday ceasefire,” Sison said in an online interview from his base in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on Sunday. Last saySison, however, said the CPP leadership based in the Philippines would have the last say on the holiday ceasefire. It has become a tradition for the military and communist guerillas to observe a truce during the holidays through separate ceasefire declarations. Col. Noel Detoyato, public affairs office chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, said the military would welcome such a declaration from communist rebels. Communist rebels remained active in the field.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 02, 2018 23:26 UTC