NATIONAL SECURITY

The ability to preserve the nation’s physical integrity

and territory, to maintain its economic relations with the
rest of the world on reasonable terms, to protect its
nature, institutions, and governance from disruption
from outside, and to control its borders.

Is a state or condition wherein the people’s way of life

and institutions their territorial integrity and
sovereignty, their welfare and well being are protected
and enhance
ELEMENTS OF NATIONAL SECURITY
TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY
ECOLOGICAL BALANCE
SOCIO-POLITICAL
ECONOMIC SOLIDARITY
CULTURAL COHESIVENESS
MORAL- SPIRITUAL CONSENSUS
THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY
INTERNAL THREATS
Traditional
Non-Traditional

EXTERNAL SECURITY CONCERNS

Regional
International
INTERNAL THREATS
Communist Terrorist Movement (CTM)

Southern Philippines Secessionist Groups (SPSG)

Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)

Misuari Breakaway Group (MBG)

Jemaah Islamiya (JI)

CTM Background and Status
Objective: To seize political power

Status of Organization: Divided into factions

✓ Reaffirmist (RA) – Mainstream faction

✓ Rejectionist (RJ) – Breakaway groups

Partido ng Manggagawang Piipino (PMP)

Partido Marxista-Leninista ng Pilipinas/ABB (PMLP/ABB)
Marxist-Leninist Party of the Philippines/ Rebulusyonaryong
Hukbo ng Bayan (MLPP/RHB)
Rebulusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa-
Mindanao/ Revolutionary Proletariat Army (RPM-M/RPA)
Communist Terrorist Movement

SWORD-and-SHIELD concept

EXPANSION OF INFLUENCE
CTM Activities
FUND GENERATING SCHEMES

• Extortion

• Collection of party contribution

• Socio-Economic works/projects

• Imposition of permit-to-campaign fees

CTM Activities
TACTICAL OFFENSIVES

•Attacks on police and military units

•Ambuscades
•Abduction
•Liquidation
•Destruction of Property
•Agaw Armas Opns
CTM Activities
Manpower Build-up efforts
Massive Recruitment and Training

Exploitation of Issues
Mass Actions
QUESTION
1. What are the two types of internal threat?
2. What are the two types of external security concerns?
3. What is the objective of Communist Terrorist Movement
(CMT)?
4. Give at least one fund generating scheme of CMT.
5. Give at least two offensive activities of CMT.
ANSWER
1. Traditional and Non-traditional
2. Regional and International
3. To seize Political Power
4. Any of the following:
Extortion
Collection of party contribution
Socio-Economic works/projects
Imposition of permit-to-campaign fees
5. Any two of the following:
Attacks on police and military units
Ambuscades
Abduction
Liquidation
Destruction of Property
Agaw Armas Opns
 SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES
SECESSIONIST GROUP (SPSG)
MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF)

ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG)

MISUARY BREAKAWAY GROUP (MBG)

Southern Philippines Secessionist Group cont’d…

MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION

FRONT (MILF)
Pursues tactical offensive while talking peace with the
government

Financial scheme

ZACAT or tax collection

Highway robbery

Kidnapping (KFRG)
SPSG/ MILF cont’d…

ARMS PROCUREMENT DRIVE

Local sources
Foreign sources

Manpower Build-up Efforts

Continuous recruitment and training

Training with foreigners
SPSG/ MILF cont’d…

EFFORTS TO WIDEN INFLUENCED AREAS

To establish new camps

Attack military installations in Zamboanga del Sur,

Basilan, Lanao del Sur and Norte, North Cotabato and
Maguindanao
SPSG/ MILF cont’d…

PLANS AND PROGRAMS

Continuous recruitment and training of MILF regulars

Procurement of more weapons and ammunition.

SPSG/ MILF Plans and Programs cont’d…

Islamization efforts by creating and establishing

linkage with madrasah or madris.
Supporting the establishment of Da’wah Centers in
Mindanao and Luzon.
Southern Philippines Secessionist Group cont’d…

ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG)

INITIAL OBJECTIVE:

“ To establish an independent theocratic Islamic state in

Mindanao.”
SPSG/ ASG cont’d…

RECENT AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES

Kidnapping
Fund Generation
Terrorism
Receipt of Foreign Support
Tactical Alliance with MNLF, MILF and MBG
SPSG/ ASG cont’d…

INTENSIFIED MILITARY CRACKDOWN

Forced ASG bandits to break into small groups

Sought refuge to other areas in Mindanao and Sabah

SPSG/ ASG cont’d…

ASG PLANS
Ambuscades

Kidnappings

Bombings
Southern Philippines Secessionist Group cont’d…

MISUARI BREAKAWAY GROUP (MBG)

Established in 2001

Currently inactive

Possible small-scale operation

 SPSG/ MBG cont’d…

Preoccupied of drawing up support and sympathy for

detained leader MISUARI

Manpower build-up in Basilan, Sulu, Zamboanga,

Sarangani.

Established tactical alliance with ASG.

 SPSG/ MBG cont’d…

REUNIFICATION OF ALL MNLF

FACTIONS

Brokered by the Government of Libya, a member of the

OIC, on 23 Jan 2003
QUESTION
1. What are the three composition of Southern Philippines
Secessionist Group (SPSG)?
2. What group in the SPSG that is currently inactive?
3. Give at least two current threat activities of SPSG.
4. How did the group of SPSG widen their manpower
build-up?
5. What is the initial objective of ASG?
6. Who is the leader of MBG?
7. When was MBG established?
ANSWER
1. MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF)
ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG)
MISUARI BREAKAWAY GROUP (MBG)
2. MISUARI BREAKAWAY GROUP (MBG)
3. Any two of the following:
Kidnapping
Fund Generation
Terrorism
Receipt of Foreign Support
Tactical Alliance with the other group of SPSG
4. Continuous recruitment and training
5. To establish an independent theocratic Islamic state in Mindanao
6. Misuari
7. 2001
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PRESENTAT