goals
The mobilization of People’s Participation in the comprehensive peace process has consistently been at the core of the policy of the Philippine government. The need to get the entire Filipino nation involved in the process of eliminating armed conflicts and terrorism remains.
It is within this context that the YES FOR PEACE – Bayanihan ng Bayan campaign shall be implemented throughout the whole country. To earnestly end the armed conflicts and resist terrorism, there should be no room for its resurgence. Otherwise, the gains made through decades of earnest government efforts to address these twin problems could come to naught and will continue to fester the Filipino people.
Moving on and carrying through with the responses to the YES FOR PEACE – Bayanihan ng Bayan questionnaire and commitment sheet, there are five (5) goals – PEACE:
- People-centric national unity and consensus for a Culture of Peace through an open referendum on ten (10) questions based on relevant and applicable provisions of United Nations’ Resolution 43/253, “Declaration for a Culture of Peace”.
- End internal armed conflicts to enable the government to shift and allocate billions of pesos wasted in the internal armed conflicts to education, health, housing, eradication of poverty, empowerment of women, countryside development and other public services. In short, more resources can be used to address the root causes of insurgency. Moreover, more resources can be allocated for external defense and the assertion of the territorial sovereignty of the Philippines.
- Assert the People’s Individual and Collective Right to Peace by encouraging the people to document public support for an inclusive and participative process pursuant to United Nations’ General Assembly Resolution A/71/189 or the “Declaration on the Right to Peace”.
- Constitutional amendments and revision of laws that impede the implementation of peace agreements as well as programs and projects identified by the people in bottom-up planning for people-centric peace and development; and
- Empower the Filipino People thru BAYANIHAN NG BAYAN or the institutionalization of their pro-active involvement and collective participation towards the convergent, integrated and holistic delivery of community-driven government programs through bottom-up planning and budgeting as well as embedding this into the national consciousness of the Filipino people.
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