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Former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Antonio Parlade Jr. filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for president on Monday, Nov. 15.

National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. is now the deputy director-general of the National Security Council (NSC).

President Duterte has accepted the resignation of controversial anti-communist insurgency task force spokesman Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr.

House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez on Thursday, July 1, appealed to President Duterte to recall his appointment of Major General Bartolome Bacarro as the new head of the military’s Southern Luzon Command (Solcom).

Army Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., a controversial military officer known for his fiery anti-communist statement and was repeatedly accused of red-tagging activities, has resigned as spokesman of the national government’s anti-communist insurgency task force.

Opposition senators on Tuesday questioned the designation of six more spokespersons for the administration’s National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).

Malacañang urged those who want Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. out of the government’s anti-communist task force to file a quo warranto petition if they are confident that Parlade is not qualified to speak for the body.

Social media users expressed mixed reactions Sunday, March 14, after the social media account of Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., the controversial military official known for his relentless anti-communist insurgency views, seemingly got restricted.