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PH adopts 3-year national peace blueprint to end insurgency by 2028

Published May 8, 2025 09:24 am

At A Glance

  • The National Action Plan for Unity, Peace, and Development (NAP-UPD) 2025-2028,  aimed  at  promoting  sustainable  peace  and  addressing  insurgency,  is  adopted as the Philippine government's strategic blueprint.
  • The plan includes actions and strategies for a whole-of-nation approach to deal with the root causes of insurgency, ensuring inclusive and sustainable peace.
  • The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is tasked with leading the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the NAP-UPD 2025–2028.
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.


The NTF-ELCAC is instructed to "monitor and evaluate the implementation of the programs, activities, and projects under the NAP-UPD 2025–2028, and submit annual reports to the Office of the President, through the Office of the Executive Secretary."

It shall also study and recommend, if necessary, measures that will further enable and support attaining the objectives of the NAP-UPD 2025–2028, including strengthening monitoring mechanisms and creating development offices at the national and local levels.

The task force may also establish an Overseas Coordinating Committee to oversee peace and development initiatives.

NTF-ELCAC is further directed to engage the private sector, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders for monitoring and feedback regarding the NAP's implementation.

Meanwhile, all departments, agencies, bureaus, and offices of the national government, including state universities and colleges and government-owned or -controlled corporations, are directed to support the implementation of the NAP-UPD 2025–2028. Local governments and the private sector are encouraged to do the same.

The funding requirements for the plan “shall be charged against the existing appropriations of concerned government agencies and LGUs, subject to applicable laws, rules, and regulations.”

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