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The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is a task force organized by the government of the Philippines in 2018 as part of its "Whole-of-Nation approach" to respond to and raise awareness about ongoing communist armed conflicts in the Philippines, [1] [2] after the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte formally terminated peace talks between the ...
English: Executive Order No. 70, s. 2018 (Institutionalizing the Whole-of-Nation Approach in Attaining Inclusive and Sustainable Peace, Creating a National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, and Directing the Adoption of a National Peace Framework) PDF file on the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines website, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on December 4, 2018
And since the introduction of NTF-ELCAC, mass surrenders have occurred and the rebellion has been driven out of many provinces and are only in a few strongholds in Visayas, [23] while remnants of destroyed units conduct sporadic clashes with the Philippine military across the country. [24]
Duterte formed a task force to centralize government efforts for the reintegration of former rebels [152] [153] and issued an executive order in December 2018 creating the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to implement a "Whole-of-nation approach" in addressing the "root causes" of communism. [154]
Protest in front of DILG, Quezon City against NTF-ELCAC on its second anniversary, December 4, 2020. Organizations frequently subject to red-tagging in the Philippines include civil-rights groups, [ 33 ] religious institutions, [ 34 ] [ 35 ] health worker unions, [ 36 ] academia, [ 37 ] [ 38 ] and the mainstream and alternative media. [ 39 ]
R. A. No. Title / Description Date signed Ref. 10923 An Act postponing the October 2016 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 9164, as amended by Republic Act No. 9340 and Republic Act No. 10656, Prescribing Additional Rules Governing the Conduct of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections and for Other Purposes
After the Supreme Court ruled in May 2024 that red-tagging threatens a person's right to life, liberty, or security, Human Rights Watch and Karapatan called on Marcos to abolish the NTF-ELCAC. Marcos rejected the calls for abolition, saying the task force was instrumental in reducing the country's internal security threat.
Antonio Gumba Parlade Jr. [1] [2] [3] is a former Filipino military officer who retired as commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Southern Luzon Command in 2021, [4] [5] and was best known for his combative [6] terms as spokesman for the Philippine Army before he was removed from that post in 2011, and later, as spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed ...