MANILA, Philippines — Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said he was against defunding the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), warning that this would just benefit communist rebels.
“Hindi ako sang-ayon doon na i-defund ang (NTF-)ELCAC dahil kung gagawin natin ‘yun, alam mo kung sino makikinabang d’yan? Ang CPP-NPA-NDF,” he said in a radio interview Monday, referring to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front.
(I’m not in favor of defunding the NTF-ELCAC because if we do that, you know who will benefit from it? The CPP-NPA-NDF.)
For 2021, the NTF-ELCAC has an allocated P19-billion budget, P16.4 bill…
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