Senators want red-tagger NTF-ELCAC defunded: ‘Sayang pera ng taongbayan’
Apr 22, 2021 11:49 AM PHT
Some senators are considering the removal of the multi-billion peso budget of the government’s anti-communist insurgency task force after its persistent red-tagging of community pantries.
Senator Joel Villanueva tweeted late Wednesday night, April 21, that the P19.1-billion budget allocated this year for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Insurgency (NTF-ELCAC) is just going to waste after its spokesperson Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr, likened the community pantry organizers to Satan.
“Oh my! We should move to defund NTF-ELCAC in the next budget.
Sayang lang pera ng taong bayan (The people’s money is going to waste),” said Villanueva, who used a face palm emoji in his tweet about Parlade's statement.