Published July 10, 2021, 11:53 AM Commission-on-Human-Rights A human rights advocacy group has asked the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to withhold the commission’s clearance to retired Lt. Gen. Antonio G. Parlade Jr. who was the spokesperson for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Karapatan told the CHR that Parlade dos not deserve a “graceful exit” because of his “rabid red-tagging” activities. It pointed out that Page 11 of the CHR’s “Citizen’s Handbook” states that the CHR “issues clearance only after thorough data check and verification of records to military/police officers, security sector, government employees and private citizens to certify that the client has: no record of human rights violations, with record of human rights violation or with pending resolution of human rights violation.”