The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict is a task force organized by the government of the Philippines in 2018 as part of its "Whole-of-Nation approach" to respond to and raise a
President Rodrigo Duterte (foreground, 3rd from right) presides over a meeting with the NTF-ELCAC at the Malacañan Palace on April 15, 2019
President Rodrigo Duterte portrait
Executive Order No. 70 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on December 4, 2018
Bongbong Marcos
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Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr., commonly referred to by the initials BBM or PBBM, is a Filipino politician who has served as the 17th president of the Philippines since 2022. He is the seco
National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict
…Court ruled in May 2024 that red-tagging threatens a person's right to life, liberty, or security, Human Rights Watch and Karapatan called on President Bongbong Marcos to abolish the NTF-ELCAC. Marcos rejected the calls for abolition, saying the task force was instrumental in reducing the country's internal security…
Official portrait, 2023
Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos meeting with United States president Richard Nixon, shown holding Bongbong, in 1969
Senator Marcos during a forum in June 2014
Portrait during his stint as senator