AFP reports that Vincent Otti, the number 2 leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, was quoted on Ugandan radio on September 5 as saying, "The ICC issue will be the first item on the agenda [for the signature of a peace agreement] and in order for us to come out (of hiding), the ICC must withdraw its indictments." Otti is one of five leaders of the rebel movement based in north Uganda to be indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Commander Raska Lukwiya, was reportedly killed on August 12 during a confrontation with the Ugandan army. A cease-fire between the government forces and the rebels went into effect for the first time on August 29. According to AFP, the Ugandan president, who promised amnesty to the LRA leaders if they agreed to lay down their weapons [IJT-47-49], said on September 9 that the ICC should continue prosecuting the cases until the rebels sign a definitive peace agreement and that he would negotiate an "alternative solution" with the ICC only after an agreement has been signed. ICC spokesperson Christian Palme told AFP, "In the view of the office of the prosecutor, justice and peace have been working together until now and will continue to do so."