Abstract:
The study was conducted to assess the peace process between the
Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic
Front (NDF) in relation to how the common people look at it. To do this, a total of
two hundred (200) survey questionnaires were evenly distributed to five (5)
randomly selected areas of the National Capital Region (NCR) namely: Las Pinas
City, City of Manila, Marikina City, Pasay City and Quezon City. Of the two
hundred (200) survey questionnaires, only one hundred eighty-nine (189) were
returned.
The questionnaires were divided into three major parts: the respondents’
socio-demographic profile, their knowledge and willingness to participate in the
peace process.
It was the aim of the study to measure the Awareness Score (AS) of the
common people represented by the respondents. This was done by tabulating the
number of correct answers with selected variables which are: sex, age group, civil
status and educational attainment.
A background of the study tracing the origin of the armed conflict in the
Philippines and the events that have happened so far in the peace process were
presented. This will be relevant for the subjects for them to have a thorough
knowledge on the topic being discussed. It would shed light to some of their
doubts and questions about the peace process. At the same time, with the kind of
understanding the study is offering, it will urge the subjects to review their ideas
and to be able to finally make their own stand based on genuine truth. The data gathered that there were more females (113) than males (76)
surveyed. No trend was made which revealed that the selected variables influence
the answers of the respondents.
In general, the majority of the respondents (151) showed ignorance on the
issues. They scored below the mean score of 5.5. On the other hand, there were
38 respondents who scored above 5.5.
