Duterte forms nat’l task force vs Reds
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 06:38:31 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte has created a national task force that will end the armed conflict with communists.
Duterte signed on December 4 Executive Order (EO) 70, which institutionalizes “the whole-of-nation approach in attaining inclusive and sustainable peace, creating a national task force to end local communist armed conflict and directing the adoption of a national peace framework.”
“There is a need to reframe and refocus the government policy for achieving inclusive and sustainable peace by recognizing that insurgencies, internal disturbances and tensions, and other armed conflicts and threats are not only military and security concerns, but are symptomatic and broader social, economic, and historical problems, such as poverty, historical injustice, social inequality, and lack of inclusivity, among others,” the order read.
Under the EO, Duterte will be the chairman of the task force while secretaries of different government agencies will be his vice chairmen.
CATHERINE S. VALENTE
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