NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
CHAPTER 2: NATIONAL SECURITY VISION
“My dream is that all Filipinos will say they are Filipinos, no
longer from left or right, Moro rebels or terrorists, and live in peace.”
PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. DUTERTE
Business Forum, Davao City
21 June 2016
“We will strive to have a permanent and lasting peace before
my term ends. That is my goal, that is my dream.”
PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. DUTERTE
First State of the Nation Address
25 July 2016
The Government
would require aggressive
NSP aims to transform
agriculture, infrastructure,
faces a gamut of national development and security problems that
modernization strategies to achieve the national security vision. This
and change for the better the democratic institutions, society,
industrial outputs, rural economies, and military and police forces.
The Government envisions a Philippines that by 2022 shall become “a secure and
prosperous nation wherein the people’s welfare, well-being, ways of life and core values;
government and its institutions; territorial integrity and sovereignty are protected and
enhanced and confident of its place in the community of nations.”
This is in line with Executive Order No. 5 (s. of 2016) regarding Filipinos’ Vision:
"In 2040, we will all enjoy a stable and comfortable lifestyle, secure in the
knowledge that we have enough for our daily needs and unexpected expenses, that we can
plan and prepare for our own and our children’s future. Our family lives together in a
place of our own, and we have the freedom to go where we desire, protected and enabled
by a clean, efficient and fair government."
This NSP establishes the Philippines’ national security goals and strategic objectives
with primary focus on the political, economic, socio-cultural, technological, environmental,
informational, diplomatic and military aspects, which are vital to nation-building.
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