Renewed Philippines peace drive could see strife

Significance

Duterte is committed to reviving the peace processes for the nationwide communist insurgency and the Moro Islamic insurgency in Mindanao, which is also represented within the NDF.

Impacts

• Resolving the communist and Moro peace processes would aid national and local economic development.
• This would contribute to an improving investor environment, especially in Mindanao.
• The Aquino administration's military modernisation effort (including establishing externally facing forces) is under threat.