An Analysis and Assessment of the Counterinsurgency Measures in the Post-Huk Era

Abstract

Philippine history is written with different rebellions; struggles for independence, ideology and faith. Filipino people used to carry out armed conflicts to defend its sovereignty against foreign colonizers, but starting with the Marcos Regime did we started to wage rebellion against the current leadership. People started to show discontent on how leaders handle governance and so the formation of different groups to wage a formal struggle for their grievances. There are three main internal security threats in the country, the local communist movement or the CPP-NPA-NDF who promotes a socialist doctrine to replace the current government, the Muslim secessionist groups that includes the MNLF and MILF who advances a separate Muslim state in Mindanao and the terrorist groups including the Abu Sayyaf Group who engages in terrorism to generate finance for their fight for a Muslim state. Different counterinsurgency measures have been it into action under different administrations, they may bear different names but the essence remains the same. Theoretically they have differences but when implemented it focuses on eradicating the insurgents not the root cause of it. Insurgent force may decline but, people who continue to support them won't if the administration will continue to use underhanded tactics to answer insurgent rebellions.