(UPDATE) NATIONAL Security Adviser Eduardo Año said on Saturday that the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) will be receptive to suggestions from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on how to address the issue of communist insurgency in the country.

'We welcome the CBCP through its Episcopal Commission on Public Affairs (ECPA) to the NTF-Elcac Executive Committee, and we look forward to working with them in pursuing peace and development in all parts of the country, especially in conflict-affected areas,' Año said.