TOPIC TO TITLE DEFENSE
Topic: Reintegration of Ex-
Combatants in the Philippines
LtCol Manaros M. Boransing II (INF) PA
AFP CGSC Class 64
Seminar Group Alpha
20 September 2018
Background of Study
• Disarmament,
Demobilization and
Reintegration (DDR)
• DDR in the Philippines
• DDR, Security and
Sustainable
Development
Problem Statement
• Thru the years, Philippines Gov’t have designed and
implemented separate DDR programs for each “threat”
group; each “political administration” approach resulted
to no continuity
• Due to their specific violent skill-sets, ex-combatants
may form or join new or other militant groups, go into
criminal activities, or instigate a recurrence of violent
action if they’re unsuccessfully reintegrated into society
• This has happened to the Philippines which has no
integrated and institutionalized Reintegration Program
for Ex-Combatants to ensure that they are successfully
reintegrated into society.
Objectives of the Study
• This study will focus to attain the following:
1. Review past and current government DDR programs.
2. Determine problems and limitations in the
government’s past/present DDR programs that
resulted to failure of reintegration of ex-combatants
into society.
3. Recommend interventions to rationalize, integrate and
institutionalize DDR programs to ensure ex-
combatants are successfully reintegrated into society.
Scope and Area
• Examinations of pertinent studies and documents
• OPAPP officials, DND AFP officers and other key
informants involved in the different peace tables
Research Title
Integration and Institutionalization of Reintegration
Programs of Ex-Combatants in the Philippines
Adviser
COL FACUNDO O. PALAFOX IV GSC (CAV) PA
• Assistant Chief of Staff for Civil Military Operations, G7 Philippine
Army
• Current Member Joint Monitoring Committee for Government of
the Philippines Monitoring Committee overseeing application of the
Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and
International Humanitarian Law with CPP-NDF-NPA peace
negotiations
• Former U3, National Development Command, AFP
• AFP CGSC Class 56; Commandant’s Paper: “The Deradicalization
Process of the Gov’t Reintegration Program for Former CPP/NPA
Rebels into the Mainstream of Society”