Manila, March 20 -- The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Thursday expressed its support for National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano who maintained that he was not part of the "grand conspiracy" that hatched the plan to arrest former president Rodrigo R. Duterte on March 11.

"The NTF-ELCAC firmly supports National Security Adviser Secretary Eduardo Ano as he clarified his position during the public hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations today. Secretary Ano's commitment to truth, justice, and the rule of law, as exemplified in his speech, mirrors the same commitment and principles upon which our task force operates," NTF-ELCAC executive director, Undersecretary Ernesto Torres Jr., said i...