MANILA, Philippines — Controversial Army Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. has resigned as the spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac), the government’s counterinsurgency task force.
Parlade, who has drawn controversy for linking celebrities and lawmakers to communist rebels, said he had submitted his resignation letter to President Rodrigo Duterte “almost a month ago.”
His resignation as NTF-Elcac spokesperson came a few weeks before he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 56 on July 26.
He is currently the commander of Armed Forces of the Philippines – Southern Luzon Command.
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