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Defunding NTF-ELCAC to benefit terrorists: solon
Senator Ronald Dela Rosa stated that defunding the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) would be a detrimental move that would primarily benefit communist rebels.
Dela Rosa believes that ceasing the implementation of the Barangay Development Program, under the NTF-ELCAC, could lead residents of previously cleared barangays to rejoin the communist insurgency.
He argued that such a decision would make the government appear unreliable, potentially pushing citizens back towards supporting the New People's Army (NPA).
The senator emphasized that the NTF-ELCAC is an effective entity in combating insurgency within the Philippines.
Dela Rosa also suggested that the personal anti-communist sentiments of NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr. should be viewed independently from the task force's official stance.
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