If
the calls of some senators to defund the National Task Force to End Local
Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC)
Atty. Leocadio Trovela, Department of the Interior
and Local Government (DILG)-Central Visayas regional director and head of
RTF-ELCAC-7, said realigning NTF-ELCAC budget to programs unrelated to
insurgency will have a “great impact” on the gains of the Duterte government in
the fight against local armed conflict.
“With NTF-ELCAC, we bring the government closer to
the people. If we defund it, it means that we are not fulfilling our promised
projects. Kaya nga dun sila sumosuporta dati sa kabila kasi hindi nila
nakikita ang gobyerno. (Dahil) sa NTF-ELCAC, ang gobyerno mismo ang
lumalapit sa mga tao (That was the reason they used to support the other
side because they didn't usually see the government. Because of the NTF-ELCAC,
the government itself is now closer to the people,” Trovela told the Philippine
News Agency(PNA) in an interview.
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As per record there are atleast 53 barangays in Cebu, Bohol and Negros
Oriental would be directly affected if the NTF-ELCAC would be defunded, Atty. Trovela notes.
Each
of these villages stand to lose PHP20 million in funds from the task force’s
Barangay Development Program (BDP) framework
The
government has gained grounds in the fight against communist insurgency,
considering that it is the villagers themselves who have denounced the
terroristic acts of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-
National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) and sworn to cooperate with the
government by proposing development projects.
Projects proposed under the BDP are “directed,
targeted and purposive” and are being proposed by the residents themselves.
“Talagang mga proyekto yan na kinakailangan ng mga
tawo sa barangay, kagaya ng farm-to-market roads, access roads, water for their
farm, potable water, livelihood, at education na talagang basic na basic (Those
are really projects that the people in the barangay need, such as
farm-to-market roads, access roads, water for their farm, potable water,
livelihood, and education that are really very basic),” he said.
The projects proposed under the BDP framework, he
said, have undergone consultation in the barangay and even down to the purok
level, to make sure these are what the people really need.
“Basic
services ang talagang unang issue kaya sumuporta sila sa kabila. Naibigay na
natin yung basic services, ang kulang na lang is how to sustain it (Basic services really was the first issue
that's why they supported the other side. We have already provided the basic
services, the only thing missing now is how to sustain it),” Trovela said.
The
NTF-ELCAC's PHP16.5-billion budget has been allotted for the BDP to help in
addressing the root causes of insurgency, as well as in bringing peace to
communities already cleared of communist influence.
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