The Philippine National Police (PNP) has activated an ad hoc
peace process and development office under the Office of the Chief PNP. The
office is dedicated to supporting the efforts of the Office of the Presidential
Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) and other government instrumentalities
involved in peace processes with the different rebel groups in the country.
According to PNP General Order DPL-15-26, the Ad Hoc Peace
Process and Development Office shall be placed under the direct functional supervision
of the PNP’s Directorate for Operations and shall be primarily responsible for
monitoring the development and implementation of peace agreements and pertinent
laws.
Aside from closely coordinating with the OPAPP and other
government agencies involved in peace processes, the PNP peace process office
with the acronym of PPDO-OCPNP is also expected to “consolidate and integrate
inputs which may be required in furtherance of the peace process agenda of the
government” as well as to “consolidate, integrate, and disseminate the
implementation of the government’s peace process agenda”. It is also tasked to
"prepare position papers for the effective implementation of the peace
process program."
The OPAPP, all in all, has a total of five peace and
development tracks in various stages of completion: closure to the peace track
with Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa – Pilipinas (RPM-P) / Revolutionary
Proletarian Army (RPA) / Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB); complete implementation
of signed Final Peace Agreements with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
and the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA) and the Comprehensive
Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF); and the resumption of the talks with the Communist Party of the
Philippines (CPP) / New People’s Army (NPA) / National Democratic Front of the
Philippines (NDFP).
The PPDO-OCPNP, according to the general order, shall be
headed by a police commissioned officer with the rank of Police Chief
Superintendent and shall maintain four sections to correspond to the needs of
the peace process: (1)Research and Planning Section, (2) GPH-MILF/MNLF Peace
Process Section, (3) GPH-Other Rebel Groups Peace Process Section, and, (4)
Monitoring Section.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), similarly, has a
unit also dedicated to the peace agenda of the government headed by Brigadier
General Buenaventura C. Pascual. Together with the AFP, the PNP also has an
active participation in the Bangsamoro peace process specifically its
normalization component.
Under the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro
(CAB), the negotiated peace settlement between the government and the MILF that
served as basis for the drafting of the original BBL draft, AFP and PNP
personnel together with MILF combatants shall form joint peace and security
teams (JPSTs) tasked to maintain peace and order in areas mutually identified
by the government and the MILF. Accordingly, PPDO-OCPNP is also in-charge of
supervising PNP personnel detailed to the JPSTs.
The office and the GPH Panel for Talks with the MILF have
been conducting updates and briefings on the CAB among municipal police
officers in the different regions of Mindanao .
As of today, these whole day conferences have been held in the Davao
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