Secretary Hermogenes C Esperon, Jr., National Security Adviser and Vice-Chairperson of the NTF-ELCAC (PNA File photo) MANILA - The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) warned candidates in the national and local elections that they risk disqualification if they collaborate with Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army - National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF} by paying them the so-called Permit To Win (PTW) and Permit To Campaign (PTC) fees that were declared illegal by Commission on Elections (COMELEC). "We salute the COMELEC en banc for keeping our elections clean, honest, and peaceful by keeping the CPP-NPA-NDF from interfering in the electoral processes," said Secretary Hermogenes C Esperon, Jr., National Security Adviser and Vice-Chairperson of the NTF-ELCAC, in a statement on May 2 He added: "The COMELEC has spoken. The PTW and PTC extortion schemes of the CPP-NPA-NDF and their allied front organizations are prohib
Cristoni "Jong" Latiban Monzon (Screengrab from RTVM) MANILA - A former rebel has revealed that "red tagging" is a term concocted and being used by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) to protect their so-called "legal fronts" such as Party-list groups Kabataan, Anak Bayan, Bayan Muna, Gabriela, Karapatan and ACT-Teachers from culpability. "Red tagging is a word used by the communist group to cover and protect its legal fronts which the Commission on Election has unwittingly accredited via the party-list system. We can see them in Congress," Cristoni "Jong" Latiban Monzon alias Ka-Franco said during Monday's virtual press briefing of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Monzon, who had just recently surrendered to government forces along with two other rebels, served as a former political instructor of the CPP-NPA-NDF's Regional
NOT RED-TAGGING. Alma Gabin, former Education Deputy Secretary of the Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), attends the weekly virtual press briefing of the National Task Force to End Local Communists Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday (Feb. 7, 2022). Gabin said she was not red-tagging when she and three other former top CPP-NPA-NDF members confirmed that Makabayan Bloc or "KABAG" (Kabataan, Anakbayan, Bayan Muna, ACT, Gabriela) lawmakers are also officials of the CPP-NPA-NDF. (Screengrab from PCOO/RTVM) MANILA - Four former top rebels of the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army - National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) confirmed on Monday that Makabayan Bloc or "KABAG" (Kabataan, Anakbayan, Bayan Muna, ACT, Gabriela) lawmakers are also officials of the CPP-NPA-NDF. At the weekly virtual press briefing of the National Task Force to End
NOT RED-TAGGING. Alma Gabin, former education deputy secretary of the Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee of the CPP-NPA-NDF, says she is not red-tagging when she and three other former CPP-NPA-NDF cadres confirmed that Makabayan Bloc or "KABAG" (Kabataan, Anakbayan, Bayan Muna, ACT, Gabriela) lawmakers are also officials of the communist group. Gabin guested in the weekly virtual press briefing of the National Task Force to End Local Communists Armed Conflictn Monday (Feb. 7, 2022). (Screengrab from PCOO/RTVM) MANILA - Four former leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army - National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) confirmed on Monday that Makabayan Bloc or "KABAG" (Kabataan, Anakbayan, Bayan Muna, ACT, Gabriela) lawmakers are also officials of the CPP-NPA-NDF. At the weekly virtual press briefing of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), former CPP official Jeffrey Celis alias "Ka Eric&quo
NOT RED-TAGGING. Alma Gabin, former Education Deputy Secretary of the Eastern Visayas Regional Party Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), attends the weekly virtual press briefing of the National Task Force to End Local Communists Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday (Feb. 7, 2022). Gabin said she was not red-tagging when she and three other former top CPP-NPA-NDF members confirmed that Makabayan Bloc or "KABAG" (Kabataan, Anakbayan, Bayan Muna, ACT, Gabriela) lawmakers are also officials of the CPP-NPA-NDF. (Screengrab from PCOO/RTVM) MANILA - Four former top rebels of the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army - National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) confirmed on Monday that Makabayan Bloc or "KABAG" (Kabataan, Anakbayan, Bayan Muna, ACT, Gabriela) lawmakers are also officials of the CPP-NPA-NDF. At the weekly virtual press briefing of the National Task Force to End