NTF-ELCAC Spokesperson for Social Media Affairs and Sectoral Concerns Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy (File photo) MANILA - The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) is hoping the Regional Trial Court (RTC) will soon proscribe the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) as terrorist. This, after the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) issued a resolution on January 26, finding probable cause to designate 16 underground mass organizations of the CPP-NPA-NDF as "terrorist groups of persons, organizations or associations" based on verified and validation information, as well as testimonial and documentary evidence. "We are one step away from getting the justice we have long raged for. Once the RTC proscribes the CPP NPA NDF as terrorist, their house that is built on deceit and lies by this terrorist organization will crumble -and we will be able to put behind bars those who've had the
ATC vice chairperson and National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (File photo) MANILA - The Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) has named 16 underground organizations linked to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) as terrorist groups. In Resolution No. 288 (2022) dated January 26 and signed by ATC vice chairperson and National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., the ATC found probable cause to designate the following organization as "terrorist groups of persons, organizations or associations" based on verified and validation information, as well as testimonial and documentary evidence: Revolutionary Council of Trade Unions (RCTU); Katipunan ng mga Samahang Manggagawa/Federation of Labor Organizations (KASAMA); Pambansang Katipunan ng Magbubukid/National Association of Peasants (PKM); Malayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan/Patriotic Movement of New Women (MAKIBAKA); Kabataang Makabayan/Patriotic Youth (KM); Katipunan ng Gurong