NAGDEKLARA si Pangulong Duterte ng unilateral ceasefire sa Communist Party of the Philippines-the New People’s Army-the National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), epektibo mula Marso 19, 2020 hanggang Abril 15, 2020 sa harap ng enhanced community quarantine dulot ng banta ng coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesperson at Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo na inatasan na ni Duterte ang Department of National Defense (DND) at Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), kasama ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at Philippine National Police (PNP), na itigil ang operasyon ng pulis at militar habang umiiral ang ceasefire.
“Through this ceasefire, the Philippine Government aspires that the swift provision of public health assistance goes unimpeded with the movement of health workers and medical supplies to communities, as well as of people in need of immediate medical attention remains unhampered,” sabi ni Panelo.