(UPDATE) NATIONAL Security Adviser Eduardo Año said on Saturday that the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) will be receptive to suggestions from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on how to address the issue of communist insurgency in the country.
National Security Adviser Eduardo Año. File Photo'We welcome the CBCP through its Episcopal Commission on Public Affairs to the NTF-Elcac Executive Committee, and we look forward to working with them in pursuing peace and development in all parts of the country, especially in conflict-affected areas,' Año said.'For more than 50 years, we have lived under the scourge of the communist armed conflict.
'As such, this Commission has access to the NTF-Elcac ExeCom and more opportunity to express the Church's specific concerns, since its mandate is to act as a liaison of the CBCP to the public and private sectors, and to advance some of the social concerns and issues of the Church,' David added.ECPA Executive Secretary Fr. Jerome Secillano attended the NTF-Elcac's meeting on Thursday presided by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Malacañang.
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