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Esperon slams critics over ‘self-serving, political statements’

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August 9, 2021, 11:10 pm
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National Security Adviser and National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict  Vice Chairman Secretary Hermogenes Esperon Jr. on Monday rebuked critics who suggested that the NTF-ELCAC funds should be diverted to the Covid-19 efforts, arguing that each of the previously “neglected” barangay even deserves more than the P20 million allotted to them under the flagship Barangay Development Program.

At the weekly virtual press conference,  Esperon said that critics’ statements regarding the budget to counter the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front  were “self-serving” “political statements” meant to entice voters in the coming national and local elections at the expense of the peace and development efforts being undertaken by NTF-ELCAC.

In response to these “irrational” suggestions that the task force’s funds should be used instead for the Covid-19 pandemic, Esperon emphasized that “fighting Covid-19 is not only the threat of concern,” adding there is the “economy to take care of, efforts on anti-criminality,” like fighting illegal drugs and “efforts of sovereignty” in guarding the West Philippines Sea.

“We have to address the triad of the CPP-NPA-NDF that for 53 years has been seeking to overthrow our democratic form of government. We are working on this, to bring peace and development to the countryside. Insurgency is a ‘black eye’ of the country. BDP is our program for the victims,” Esperon explained.

The official said that the government and the private sector are already united in addressing the pandemic as all of us recognize that Covid-19 is the “clear and present danger.”

According to Esperon, these critics made “blurred” statements regarding the task force budget. He clarified that “it is blurred whether they are referring to the Barangay Development Program or to the NTF-ELCAC Funds… because the NTF-ELCAC Funds has a total of P19.13 billion as found in the GAA (General Appropriations Act) of 2021”, while “the support fund to the Barangay Development Program, ito po ang flagship program ng NTF-ELCAC, is P16.44 billion that covers development in 822 barangays that were cleared (of the CPP-NPA-NDF) from 2016-2019, at P20 million each.”

BDP is used for the rehabilitation of barangays (villages) cleared of communist insurgents by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and other government forces.

He cited President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s last State of the Nation Address which mentioned the great strides of the task force — through the BDP — of empowering our countrymen to live peaceful and fruitful lives who have been suffering unspeakable atrocities at the hands of the CPP-NPA-NDF for a long time.  

“He (President Duterte) even enhanced it (BDP) to P20 million, (for each barangay)”, Esperon said, which will be spent for farm-to-market-road, school building, livelihood, sanitation and health center.

Esperon also debunked unfounded claims that next year’s budget of the task force will be used for election purposes and that the BDP allocation for this year was poured in Davao, the bailiwick of Dutertes.

“BDP funds intended for 2021 were released as early as March and April with projects determined by the barangays,” he said, pointing  out that he has already attended several groundbreakings for the implementation of various projects under the program.

Monitoring the projects lies entirely in the hands of governors and local government units (LGUs) as the local officials also served as the provincial or local NTF-ELCAC chairmen, Esperon added.

The bulk of BDP funds for 2021 were allocated to Mindanao, including Davao Region which has been dealing with a rampant infestation of communist terror groups until government forces were sent to drive out these terrorists.

Tags: Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic FrontHermogenes Esperon Jr.National Security AdviserNational Task Force to End Local Communist Armed ConflictNTF-ELCAC funds
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