PEACE EFFORTS Protracted war must end now: VP Sara

By MAYA M. PADILLO

Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte, who was just added with the task as co-vice chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Wednesday, stressed that protracted war must be over.

Her appointment happened during the Executive Committee (ExeCom) meeting with Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and other officials in Malacañang.

The vice president is savvy when it comes to the anti-insurgency task force as this was established by her father, the former president Rodrigo Duterte, through Executive Order (EO) 70.

Combatting terrorism and insurgency

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She also described the meeting and her appointment as a “show of force.”

“This is a show of force — a clear, strong, and powerful statement and warning — against the enemies of the state who slaughter civilians and Indige-

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