Kebijakan Pemerintah Filipina dalam Menangani Ancaman Gerakan Moro Islamic Liberation Front

Abstract

The issue of terrorism and separatism are common in recent years. Both problems can arise
because of radical thinking that develops within a group. Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF) is one example of groups related to terrorism and separatism. The group wants to
form its own state or independent from the Philippines, which then leads to conflict
between the Philippines and MILF. The existence of cooperation that is established with
several terrorist groups expose threats in the form of physical or thought. The Philippine
Government has issued several policies that are expected to resolve the conflict with the
MILF. This study aims to understand how the policies undertaken by the Philippines in
resolving conflicts with the MILF. This research uses constructivism paradigm and
problem solving theory with qualitative method. From the research that has been done, it is
known that the Philippines uses the method of hard approach and soft approach in order to
solve the problem. However, the soft approach method is more often used in terms of
negotiation and mediation. This proves the Philippines has applied the value of democracy
to deal with the problem.