Senator Risa Hontiveros said that the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict’s bad performance led to budget cuts from the Senate. | JMangaluzINQ
The NTF-ELCAC “must first be able to show that its initiatives worked” said the opposition senator.
Hontiveros added that the funds should just go to implementing agencies such as the health, social welfare and development and labor and employment departments, among others. “Bilang taga-bantay ng kaban ng bayan, uunahin din dapat nating bigyan ng tulong at pondo ang basic services, major health programs, ayuda para sa mga nabiktima ng kalamidad, at pantawid ng mga pinadapa ng matinding kahirapan,” added Honitveros.
Co previously said that the House bicameral committee plans to restore the NTF-ELCAC’s budget while acknowledging that the task force has been underperforming. “After all, this is one of the key priorities of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., which was clearly outlined in the National Expenditure Program the administration sent to Congress,” Co said previously.
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