SENATE President Vicente Sotto 3rd rejected calls to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) amid complaints about its red-tagging activities but said that this may be taken up if the Palace continues to allow Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade as its anti-insurgency spokesman.

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