NTF-Elcac: Large turnout of amnesty applicants a ‘quiet victory’

2026-03-19 - 04:50

MANILA, Philippines – A ranking official from the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) on Thursday described the government’s amnesty program as a “quiet but decisive victory for peace”. “The numbers speak for themselves. This is not failure—this is a quiet but decisive victory for peace,” NTF-Elcac executive director Undersecretary Ernesto Torres