MANILA, Philippines — After calling for the defunding of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac), Senator Joel Villanueva on Thursday said he will file a Senate resolution looking into how the organization is spending its funds.
“Trabaho at responsibilidad po natin na siguruhing nagagastos ng tama ang pera ng bayan,” Villanueva said in a video statement.
(It’s our job and responsibility to ensure that taxpayers’ money is being spent correctly.)
“I’m ready to file a Senate resolution to look into this at may mga ilang senador na din po tayong nakausap na. Again, importante po na responsible ang NTF-Elcac with a budget of P19 billion,” he ad…
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