MANILA, Philippines—Senator Panfilo Lacson warned the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) that its budget for 2022 could be in trouble due to the constant tirades of its spokesman Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr.
In an interview with DWIZ, Lacson still believes that the task force has done well in terms of developing areas cleared of the presence of the New People’s Army but Parlade’s statements are taking marring those gains.
“The Armed Forces of the Philippines must remain apolitical. Otherwise, the constitutional balance among institutions is skewed and democratic governance is disturbed and even threatened. Lt. Gen. Parlade should just focus on end…
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