The Philippine Peace Process

Directions: Write a 250-word reflective essay on your analysis of the government‘s actions or steps in
carrying out the Peace Process of the country.

The country's struggle for freedom and democracy has been marked by violence and conflict, resulting
in considerable loss of lives and property. On the positive side, it has given the people strength and
clarity of vision to continue to preserve their democratic gains.

The search for national peace has been a lifelong goal of us, the Filipinos. Is it really impossible to
have national peace? There are a series of reasons why this "peace" thing seems very unattainable to us.
First let us look at our current situation here in the Philippines. Conflicts still flourish up to this day,
violent as ever. Killings persist, kidnappings endure. These scenes are already familiar to us since the
Marcos regime. That's why the Filipinos start to think that this goal is becoming more of a dream, a
dream that seem unattainable. As you can see, even in our current situation, the Filipinos are becoming
more and more hopeless of being able to attain this national peace. Even though there are numerous
attempts to attain this, they all remain useless. Instead of Filipinos becoming one, they began parting
their own ways. They even start fighting with each other, or even kill each other, which is not a Filipino
must do to his own countrymen.

The peace movement started as a struggle against exploitation, inequalities in the distribution of
resources and violation of human rights. Over the years, the advocacy of people's organizations
provided the impetus in awakening general consciousness. To a large extent they have helped shape the
direction of government's initiatives in future peace processes.