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 Jr. said in a statement. READ: NPA membership down to 780; over 5,000 seek amnesty – gov’t Citing figures provided by the National Amnesty Commission (NAC), he said the amnesty program has already received 16,003 applications, far exceeding the initial projection of 10,000. Of these, […]... Keep on reading: NTF-Elcac: Large turnout of amnesty applicants a 'quiet victory'