An Assessment of the Philippine Counterinsurgency Campaign Plan

Abstract

This paper seeks to determine why, after four years of Corazon C. Aquino's presidency, the Communist Party of the Philippines/New Peoples Army (CPP/NPA) remains the most potent threat to national security of the Philippines. When she took office, most Filipinos expected that with the removal of the Marcos dictatorship, which was believed as the cause of the growth of communist insurgency i the Philippines, the CPP/NPA will lay down their arms and join the Filipino people in reestablishing freedom and democracy. After an offer of amnesty, peace negotiations and implementation of needed reforms, the CPP/NPA refused to go back to the mainstream of democratic processes and still true to their objective, the CPP/NPA wanted power on their own terms. Their perception that the present government has not done much to alleviate the living condition of the poor fits very well into their propaganda to win the support of the masses to their side. The social and cultural character of the Filipino and its influence to the insurgency problem is discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA241090

Entities

People

  • Emmanuel L. Navarrete

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Economic Policy
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Insurgency
  • Law
  • Military Organizations
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Recreation
  • Students
  • Urban Areas
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.