Task Force ELCAC to continue mandate
THE National Task Force to End Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is not going to be dismantled.
In a statement, the National Security Council (NSC) through the ELCAC Media Bureau said that there are no plans to dismantle the task force.
The statement also said that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as Chair of NTF-ELCAC is firmly committed to the whole of nation approach to finally ending Communist terrorism in the country which in fact, has directed the task force to intensify its efforts after the government has already “attained strategic victory over the CPP-NPA-NDF.”
An estimated 75 percent of all NPA guerilla fronts, according to the government, have been dismantled with only 22 out of the original 89 fronts still in existence.
ELCAC said that of the 22 left, 20 are weakened and the remaining two are the subject of focused military operations and development efforts by the national task force.
The President’s marching orders to the NTF ELCAC is clear: Sustain the whole-of-nation approach to peace and development to prevent Communist terrorists, their front organizations, and other lawless elements from recruiting, regrouping, and regaining power.
