![]() We reiterate our call to rechannel the P19-billion budget of the task force to sufficient emergency cash aid,” she added. “We fear that funds for the SBDP will be prone to corruption, patronage, and abuse in relation to intensified red-tagging, especially as the 2022 elections are approaching. "Instead of asking community pantry organizers to provide an accounting of how donations were spent, the red-tagging task force must provide details on how the P9.66-billion in SAROs are intended to be used, especially as the amounts are highly questionable," Brosas said. In a press release, Brosas claimed that the NTF-ELCAC is reviving the controversial pork barrel system through the SBDP.Ĭiting the same data from the DBM website, Brosas said that SAROs worth P9.66 billion have been released to the program for unspecified projects, which would be implemented by the provincial government, or national government agencies including the AFP Engineer Brigade. “No single centavo must be spent on a task force that has openly maligned and red tagged members of the House of Representatives, celebrities, ordinary citizens and even organizers of community pantries," the group said. The resolution flagged 14 SAROs worth a grand total of P9.6 billion that were released from Mato April 23, 2021. However, P16.44 billion are appropriated under the Local Government Support Fund Support to Barangay Development Program which is a discretionary special purpose fund. ![]() The bloc also pointed out that P2.6 billion in the NTF-ELCAC budget has been dispersed in several agencies without any definite project breakdown. “NTF-ELCAC’s P19 billion budget for 2021 is roughly four times of the P5.6 billion 2021 budget of the Department of Trade and Industry which is in-charge of providing various forms of assistance to troubled micro, small and medium scale enterprises and 21 times that of the Office of the Vice President FY 2021 budget worth P 900 million," they said in the resolution. In the resolution, the bloc noted that NTFELCAC’s P19-billion budget is higher than the P2.5 billion allotted for COVID-19 vaccine procurement and distribution in the 2021 budget. The bloc is also asking for the immediate suspension of SARI Issuances for NTFELCAC’s programs, activities and projects. Arlene Brosas has asked the House Committee on Public Accounts to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation on the P19-billion budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict in the 2021 National Budget, citing questionable Special Allotment Release Orders issued by the Department of Budget and Management for the NTF-ELCAC’s Support to Barangay Development Program. Meanwhile, the Makabayan bloc led by Gabriela Rep. Malacañang has denied that the charity movement spread across the country due to government incompetence and lack of government aid. (I think our lawmakers know that the program has a different rationale compared to its spokesperson.)įear of being linked to the communist movement has forced some community pantries to suspend operations. "Tingin ko naman po alam ng ating mga mambabatas na ang programa, may ibang rationale kaysa doon sa tumatayong tagapagsalita," Roque said in Monday's briefing. Malacañang earlier rejected what it said were "unjustified" calls to defund the task force. Gag order issued vs NTF-ELCAC's Parlade, Badoy on community pantry issue.has ordered Parlade and Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy, another spokesperson of the task force, to refrain from commenting on the community pantries. NTF-ELCAC vice chair National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. We are asking all officials, be more careful and–how should I put it–be deeper in what they say. ![]() Kailangan mas malalim ang kanilang pang-unawa," he said in a press briefing. "Hinihingi natin sa lahat ng opisyales, maging mas maingat at maging mas, ang how should I put it, mas malalim sa kanilang mga sinasabi. Wini-welcomenatin itong bayanihan ng community pantries," said Palace spokesman Harry Roque. "Ang ating pakiusap po ay alam naman po natin ang polisiya natin. linked the community pantries to the communist movement, and likened one organizer to Satan. ![]() Some senators and House leaders threatened to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) after its spokesperson Lt. ![]() MANILA (UPDATE) - Malacañang on Monday reminded government officials to be "more careful" with their public pronouncements, after some lawmakers eyed defunding an anti-communist task force over its supposed red-tagging of community pantries. ![]()
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