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MANILA - The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has criticized the "lack of factuality and legal basis" of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR)'s investigation reports on the government's war on drugs. In a statement on Friday, the NTF-ELCAC's Legal Cooperation Cluster said the CHR's conclusion that the "majority of the killings was done outside the context of law enforcement operation" was part of an "attempt to discredit and malign the government, both locally and even abroad". The NTF-ELCAC LCC cited that the CHR conclusions on the government's alleged "failure on its obligation to respect and protect the human rights of every citizen" were not even supported by clear evidence. It added that the human rights body's conclusion also "seeks to push a narrative that the killings were sanctioned by the State". "However, nowhere in the CHR's 48-page report is such conclusi