The all-out war waged by Duterte to seek an end to the communist insurgency, the government said, has led to the surrender of over 20,000 rebels. It was during the presidency of Duterte, too, that the highly opposed Anti-Terrorism Act was signed into law, later leading to the designation of the CPP-NPA and the NDF as terrorists by the Anti-Terrorism Council on Dec. “Such an approach shuns peace negotiations as a means of resolving the armed conflict denies the legitimacy of progressive causes, organizations and movements, most of which end up being vilified and red-tagged,” he said.Ĭasiño, chairperson of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, pointed out that the framework also leads to systematic and widespread violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. “It also expands the scope of such operations to include the delivery or denial of government projects and services,” he said, stressing that “in a sense, it reduces governance to a counterinsurgency program.” It established the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac), which has been criticized for red-tagging activists.Ĭasiño said the framework, patterned after the US Armed Forces’ counterinsurgency model, “expands the target of operations to include civilian communities, groups, and individuals working within the legal, parliamentary arena.” 70 was signed to provide a “whole-of-nation” plan to end the over 50-year old armed rebellion.
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