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The Task
Force Against Political Violence, more popularly known
as Task Force 211, was created by virtue of
Administrative Order 211 signed by Her Excellency
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on November 26, 2007.
The task force was specifically mandated “to harness and
mobilize government agencies, political groups, the
religious, civil society and sectoral organizations and
the public” for the following purposes, namely:
(1) the prevention, investigation, prosecution and
punishment of political violence;
(2) the care and protection of people and communities
victimized and threatened with violence; and
(3) the promotion of a culture opposed to violence and
for the advancement of reconciliation and peace.
The Task Force is composed of representatives from the
following departments and agencies:
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Department of National Defense (DND)
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA)
Office of the Political Adviser (OPA)
Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP)
Presidential Human Rights Committee (PHRC)
Philippine Information Agency (PIA)
Actively participating and providing support to the Task
Force are the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),
Philippine National Police (PNP), National Intelligence
Coordinating Agency(NICA), and the National Bureau of
Investigation (NBI).
Justice Undersecretary Ricardo R. Blancaflor serves as
the Chairman of the Task Force. |
