PH ADOPTS 3-YEAR NATIONAL PEACE BLUEPRINT TO END INSURGENCY BY 2028

May 18, 2025 Community Billboard

Malacañang has adopted the National Action Plan for Unity, Peace, and Development (NAP-UPD) 2025–2028 as the government’s strategic blueprint for promoting sustainable peace and addressing insurgency in the country. In issuing Memorandum Circular No. 83, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on May 2, President Marcos said the need to maintain peace and order; protect life, liberty, and property; and promote general welfare. “The Constitution declares it a policy of the State to promote a just and dynamic social order that will ensure the prosperity and independence of the nation and free the people from poverty through policies that provide adequate social services, promote full employment, rising standard of living, and improved quality of life for all,” the President said.

In his memorandum, which takes effect immediately, Marcos directed the implementation of the NAP-UPD as the nation’s strategic blueprint to end the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) insurgency and armed conflict, and attain inclusive and sustainable peace. The blueprint outlines specific action plans and strategies to further
operationalize the whole-of-nation approach in addressing the root causes of insurgency and local armed conflict and attaining inclusive and sustainable peace in the country. It is also anchored on the National Security Policy 2023– 2028 and the Philippine
Development Plan 2023–2028, which underscore the Administration’s thrust to pursue an integrated, transparent, people-centered, and human rights-based peace and security policy. Under the memorandum, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed
Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) shall lead the implementation of the NAP-UPD 2025–2028.