Ito ay dahil na rin sa pinaiiral na Enhanced Community Quarantine sa Luzon bunsod ng coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Ayon kay Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo, iiral ang tigil putukan mula alas 12:00 ng hatinggabi ng March 19, 2020 hanggang sa April 15.
“The President has directed the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), to cease and desist from carrying out offensive military and police operations during the ceasefire period. Both of these departments shall issue the corresponding orders to implement the declaration of the unilateral ceasefire, including the Suspension of Offensive Military and Police Operations (SOMO),” pahayag ni Panelo.
Umaasa ang Palasyo na ngayong mayroong tigil putukan, mas mapapabilis ng pamahalaan ang pagtugon sa Covid 19.
“Through this ceasefire, the Philippine Government aspires that the swift provision of public health assistance goes unimpeded and that the movement of health workers and medical supplies to communities, as well as of people in need of immediate medical attention, remains unhampered,” pahayag ni Panelo.