Peace Process and Democratic Space

• From war to peace; bullets to ballots

• From the battlefield to the peace table to
democratic process
• From two-party protagonists in the battlefield
and the peace table to an inclusive, multi-party
democratic space
 Peace Process and Democratic Space Conundrum

Linear Model

Peace Process Democratic Space

Linear Model
• Transition as ticking a checklist
• Peace agreement is front and center
• Political and normalization tracks are closely linked
• Getting levers of power for political reforms
• Institution-building and rule of law are center-driven
• Consolidation of the MILF and the UBJP as the primordial
consideration
 Peace Process and Democratic Space Conundrum

Peace process in the democratic space

Peace Process

Democratic
Space
Peace Process in the Democratic Space

• Transition as modelling the democratic space.

• BOL and the Philippine Constitution as front and center.
• Political and Normalization Tracks are parallel but separate tracks
• Levers of powers and political reforms thru the building of institutions
and policies
• UBJP leads in political and party reforms
• Ideology not MILF rules
Linear model as dominant

• Capacities for consolidating democratic

space are not there.
• ”Rebel” ways work.
• Peace and peace process as levers for power
Challenges
• Laying the foundation for good politics and
governance by enlarging the workable democratic
space in the context of the peace process.
• Managing tensions that will turn to full blown violent
conflicts.
• Managing communications.
• Managing expectations.