Threat to National Security (6)

Question 1

It 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.

Answer 1

National Security

Question 2

What are the Fundamental Elements that lie at the core which therefore further amplify our definition of national security?

Answer 2

• Socio-political stability
• Territorial integrity
• Economic solidarity and strength
• Ecological balance
• Cultural cohesiveness
• Moral-spiritual consensus
• External peace

Question 3

IN FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

We must achieve peace and harmony among all Filipinos, regardless of creed, ethnic 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.

Answer 3

Socio – political stability

Question 4

IN FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

We must ensure the permanent inviolability of our nation’s territory and its effective control by the government and the state.

Answer 4

Territorial integrity

Question 5

IN FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

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.

Answer 5

Economic solidarity and strength

Question 6

IN FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

National survival rests upon the effective conservation of our natural environment in the face of industrial and agricultural expansion and population growth.

Answer 6

Ecological balance

Question 7

IN FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

Our lives as a people must be ruled by a common set of values and beliefs grounded on high moral and ethical standards, drawn from our heritage and embodying a Filipino national identity that transcends religious, ethnic, and linguistic differences.

Answer 7

Cultural cohesiveness

Question 8

IN FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

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 objectives.

Answer 8

Moral – spiritual consensus

Question 9

IN FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

We must pursue constructive and cordial relations with all nations and peoples, even as our nation itself must chart an independent course, free from external control, interference, threat, or aggression.

Answer 9

External peace

Question 10

INTERNAL THREATS
Our national security environment is infused with four important dimensions. Internal threats to our national security make up the first dimension.

What are the Internal Threats of the country?

Answer 10

• Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
• Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army/National Democratic Front (CPP/NPA/NDF)
• Organized crime
• Grave incidence of poverty
• Economic sabotage
• Graft and corruption
• Severe calamities
• Persistent environmental degradation

Question 11

UNDER INTERNAL THREATS

In constructive peace negotiations, it continues to be a source of serious concern due to its armed activities, particularly the build-up of its defensive and offensive capabilities. Hand in hand with this security problem is the threat from the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), a small band of highly mobile terrorists with suspected links to international networks.

Answer 11

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)

Question 12

UNDER INTERNAL THREATS

It continues to pose a serious threat to national security, although it is currently weakened in comparison to its peak strength during the period of 1985-87.

Answer 12

The Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army/National Democratic Front (CPP/NPA/NDF)

Question 13

UNDER INTERNAL THREATS

It is a national security concern. The challenge of illegal drugs, in particular, has grown into a major threat to the national community.

Answer 13

Organized crime

Question 14

UNDER INTERNAL THREATS

It is also a serious threat to national security, especially to the extent that it breeds rebellion, crime, and dissidence. It affects about one-third (1/3) of Filipinos nationwide.

Answer 14

Grave incidence of poverty

Question 15

UNDER INTERNAL THREATS

It 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.

Answer 15

Economic sabotage

Question 16

UNDER INTERNAL THREATS

It have become another threat to our national security due to the huge scale by which they sap public resources, undermine the morale of the civil service, and affect the delivery of quality basic services.

Answer 16

Graft and corruption

Question 17

UNDER INTERNAL THREATS

It cause serious food shortages, abet hoarding and profiteering, and result in more than 13,000 lives lost and P179 billion worth of property destroyed.

Answer 17

Severe calamities

Question 18

UNDER INTERNAL THREATS

It poses a long-term security threat. The attrition of forests and watersheds, air-land-water pollution, and the proliferation of toxic substances are causes of sickness, death, and the diminution of national productivity and well-being.

Answer 18

Persistent environmental degradation

Question 19

EXTERNAL THREATS

FAMILIARIZE Only!

Answer 19

• The multilateral dispute over the Spratly Islands is a source of intermittent tensions, owing to the buildup of structures believed to be military-oriented by some claimant countries in the area.
• The smuggling of firearms and contraband, illegal migration, and occasional movement of foreign terrorists through the porous borders of our southwestern frontier have elicited transnational concern. Philippine law enforcement agencies work closely with international police organizations, both bilaterally and multilaterally, to check these activities.
• The lingering effects of the currency crisis affecting the countries within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are a cause of regional anxieties, which tend to aggravate the political instabilities and socio-economic dislocations involving the poorest people.
• The serious economic disparity between rich and poor nations keeps the world in a state of instability and virtually on the brink of war in many places.
• Ethnic, religious, and cultural conflicts pervade many regions and nations, including our own. These conflicts are constantly exacerbated by mass poverty, limited access to resources, denial of human rights, lack of national integration, and international issues.