MANILA, Philippines — For Malacaang, defunding the country’s counterinsurgency task force is “not justified” since the task force has projects that develop local communities.
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque has this to say after some lawmakers have called on the defunding of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and instead reallocate its current P19-billion budget for the assistance to people affected by the pandemic.
“Ang pagkakaalam ko, ‘yung pondo ng ELCAC ay para sa mga proyekto na magbibigay ng asenso at progreso sa mga lugar na mayroon pang mga rebelde,” he said in a Palace briefing.
(As far as I know, the budget of NTF-ELCAC i…
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