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Drilon to introduce resolution to censure Parlade over stupid remarks on senators
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Saturday said he will introduce a resolution to censure Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., the controversial and foul-mouthed spokesman of National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), for calling some senators stupid for proposing to realign the P19-billion anti-insurgency funds to most urgent COVID-19 pandemic response. Ngayon lang ako nakarinig ng isang opisyal ng armed forces na sinasabing istupido ang mga senador. That is very disrespectful at uncalled for, Drilon said in an interview with radio DWIZ on Saturday.
Drilon wants full accounting of anti-insurgency funds
The senate minority leader says that 2021 GAA provides authority to use anti-red funds for COVID-19 vaccination and ayuda
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon asked the Senate leadership to compel the controversial National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to submit a report on the use of P19 billion anti-insurgency funds, saying that the funds could be use in aid of 2022 election. Under the present General Appropriations Act, the NTF-ELCAC is supposed to submit a quarterly report to the Senate and the House of Representatives on the utilization of the funds. I will request the Senate leadership to require NTC-ELCAC to submit a quarterly report, Drilon said in an interview with cable news channel One News.
Drilon urges immediate passage of anti-red tagging law, seeks to defund anti-insurgency task force
Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon on Thursday called for immediate passage of Senate Bill 2121 or the proposed Act Defining and Penalizing Red-Tagging amid the relentless red-tagging by officials of the government s anti-insurgency task form in the middle of a pandemic.
Drilon also called on Congress to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and realign its P19.4 billion budget to fund the social amelioration program (SAP), commonly called ayuda. I have filed an anti-red tagging bill, criminalizing and punishing this practice. I urge the Senate leadership to hear this bill as soon as possible, Drilon said.
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