National Security Concerns

NATIONAL SECURITY
CONCERNS
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National Security
O Is a state or condition where our most
cherished values and beliefs our
democratic way of life, our institutions
of governance and our unity , welfare
and well-being as a nation and people
are permanently protected and
continuously enhanced.
FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS
OThere are seven (7) fundamental
elements that lie at the core which
therefore further amplify our definition
of national security. At the same time,
they constitute the most important
challenges we face as a nation and
people.
O 1. SOCIO-POLITICAL STABILITY
We must achieve peace and harmony
among all Filipinos, regardless of creed. Ethic
origin or social station. The government and
the people must engage in nation – building
under the rule of law, constitutional
democracy and the full respect for human
rights.
O 2. TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY
We must ensure the permanent
inviolability of our nation territory and it’s
effective control by the government.
O 3. ECONOMIC SOLIDARITY AND STRENGTH
We must vigorously pursue a free-market
economy through responsible
entrepreneurship based on social conscience,
respect for the dignity of labor and concern
for the public interest.
O 4. ECOLOGICAL BALANCE
National survival rests upon the effective
conservation of our natural environmental in
the face of industrial and agricultural
expansion and population growth.
O 5. CULTURAL COHESIVENESS
Our lives as a people must be ruled by a
common set of values and believe grounded
on high moral and ethical standards, drawn
from our heritage and embodying a Filipino
standard identity transcending religious.
Ethnic and linguistic differences.
O 6. MORAL-SPIRITUAL CONSENSUS
We must be propelled by a national
vision inspired and manifested in our words
and deeds, by patriotism national pride and
the advancement of national goals and
objective
O 7. EXTERNAL PEACE
We must pursue constructive and
cordial relations with all nations and peoples,
even as our nations itself must chart an
independent course, free from external
control, interference or threat or aggression.
INTERNAL THREATS
Our national security environment is infused
with four important dimensions. Internal
threats to our national security make up the
first dimension.
INTERNAL THREATS
1. MORO ISLAMIC
LIBERATION FRONT (MILF)
The MILF in constructive peace
negotiation, the armed
activities of the group continue
to be a source of serious
concern, particularly the build-
up of its defensive and
offensive capabilities. Hand in
hand with the MILF is the Abu
Sayyaf Group(ASG)
INTERNAL THREATS
2. COMMUNIST PARTY OF
THE PHILS/NEW PEOPLES
ARMY/NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC
FRONT(CPP/NPA/NDF)
Continuous ton pose a serious
threat to national security,
although presently weakened
in comparison with their peak
strength in the period 1985-87.
INTERNAL THREATS
3. ORGANIZED CRIME
Is a national security
concern . The challenge of
illegal drugs in particular,
has grown into a major
threat to the national
community.
INTERNAL THREATS
4. GRAVE INCIDENCE OF
POVERTY
Is also a serious threat
top national security,
especially to the extent that
it breeds rebellion, crime
and dissidence. Poverty
incidence affects one-
third(1/3) of Filipino
nationwide.
INTERNAL THREATS
5. ECONOMIC SABOTAGE
undermines the market
economy, the financial system
and the nation’s resources.
Under this, category are
underground activities such as
counterfeiting, money
laundering, large-scale
smuggling. Inter-oceanic
poaching and commercial
dumping.
INTERNAL THREATS
6. GRAFT and CORRUPTION
It is a threat to our
natural security by virtue of
the huge scale by which it
saps public resources,
undermines the morale of
the civil service and affects
the delivery of quality basic
services
INTERNAL THREATS
7. SEVERE CALAMITIES
Cause serious shortages,
abet hoarding and
profiteering tool stands at
more than 13,00 lives lost
and 179billion worth of
property destroyed.
INTERNAL THREATS
8. PERSISTENT ENVIRONMENT
DEGRADATION
Poses a long term security
threat. The attrition of forest
and watersheds, air-land-
water pollution and
proliferation of toxic
substances are a cause of
sickness, death and
diminution of national
productivity and well-being.
EXTERNAL THREATS
O 1. SPRATLY ISLANDS
The multi lateral dispute
over the Spratly Island, is a
source of intermittent
tensions, owing to the build
up of structures , believed to
be military-oriented, by some
claimant countries in the
area.
EXTERNAL THREATS
O 2. SMUGGLING
The smuggling firearms and
contraband, illegal migration and
occasional movement of foreign
terrorists through the porous
boarders of our southwestern frontier
have elicited transnational concern.
Philippine law enforcement agencies
work closely with international police
organizations, bilaterally and
multilaterally, to check these
activities.
EXTERNAL THREATS
O 3. CURRENCY CRISIS
The lingering effects of
the currency crisis affecting
the countries within the
ASEAN are a cause of
regional anxieties which tend
to aggravate the political
instabilities and socio-
economic dislocations
involving the poorest people.
EXTERNAL THREATS
O 4. ECONOMIC DISPARITY
The serious economic
disparity between rich
and poor nations keeps
the world in a state of
instability and virtually on
the brink or war in many
places.
EXTERNAL THREATS
5. ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS AND
CULTURAL CONFLICT
It pervades many regions
and nations including our
own. It is constantly
exacerbated by mass
poverty, limited access to
resources, denial of human
rights, lack of national
integration and international
issues.
EXTERNAL THREATS
6. THE PROLIFERATION OF
WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION(WMD)
The WMD is a threat to global
security. Nuclear materials and
technologies are more accessible
now than at any other time in
history. The relative ease of
production of both chemical and
biological weapons has made
these attractive to terrorists.
EXTERNAL THREATS
7. TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED
CRIME
It has significantly increased in
this era of globalization. These
transnational crimes involve drug
trafficking , human trafficking,
smuggling, massive financial and
bank fraud and arms smuggling.

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