CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The New People’s Army (NPA) on Tuesday threatened to end the unilateral ceasefire it has declared in deference to the resumption of the peace process even as it accused the Armed Forces of the Philippines with sustained deployment of troops to the countryside.

The ceasefire, according to an NPA statement, is now in danger of being terminated unless the military stops deploying soldiers to the countryside.

Ka Allan Juanito, the NPA spokesperson for north-central Mindanao, said the deployment of government troops in rural areas has been a clear counter-insurgency move amid the peace process.

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