The executive branch proposed to Congress a P10-billion budget for NTF-ELCAC for 2023, an increase from the P5.6 billion that the task force received for 2022. READ:
MANILA, Philippines – In an apparent change of heart, House leaders will move to restore the reduced budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict in 2023, Ako-Bicol Representative Zaldy Co said.
Co, who heads the House appropriations committee, explained their decsion. “Congress recognizes the important role the NTF-ELCAC plays to help end the country’s decades-long insurgency. Thus, we will convince our Senate counterparts in the bicameral conference committee to restore the agency’s proposed budget.
In 2021, the NTF-ELCAC only completed 48% of its projects under the Support for Barangay Development Program.
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