RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE RESUMPTION OF THE PEACE TALKS WITH THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF)

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A REVIEW OF THE STATUS OF THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AND THE CPP-NPA-NDFP BLOC TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AREAS AND TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BRING BOTH PARTIES BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE AND RESUSCITATE THE ROADMAP TO PEACE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION AND THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF PEACE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) IN VIEW OF THE ESCALATING ARMED CONFLICT IN MINDANAO AND THE NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE PEACE POLICY OF THE MACAPAGAL-ARROYO ADMINISTRATION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION TO STUDY THE SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS OF THE ARREST OF FILIPINO POLITICAL EXILE JOSE MARIA SISON, THE SIMULTANEOUS POLICE SEARCHES ON THE NDF OFFICE AND HOMES OF HIS CO-FILIPINO WORKERS LAST AUGUST 28, 2007 IN THE NETHERLANDS, AND THE CONTEXT, TIMING AND MANNER IN WHICH THESE INCIDENTS WERE CONDUCTED, ON THE PEACE PROCESS WITH THE CPP-NPA-NDF AND TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS TO AVERT A TOTAL COLLAPSE OF THE PEACE PROCESS WITH ONE OF THE WORLD'S LONGEST-RUNNING INSURGENCIES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION TO UNDERTAKE A REVIEW OF PAST AMNESTY PROCLAMATIONS COVERING ARMED INSURGENT GROUPS, INCLUDING THE PERFORMANCE RECORD AND FUND UTILIZATION OF THE AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE, IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANY AMNESTY MEASURES AS A VIABLE FORMULA FOR PEACE AND UNITY AND TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION AND THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE HEIGHTENED MILITARIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAGGAO AND CONTIGUOUS MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS AND PROGRESS OF THE PEACE PROCESS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO INQUIRE AND LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON ANCESTRAL DOMAIN (MOA-AD) ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) WHICH IS SET TO BE FORMALLY SIGNED ON 05 AUGUST 2008, IN PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE INTERESTS OF AFFECTED PEOPLE IN MNDANAO AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO IDENTIFY AND REVIEW THE MANDATE, POLICIES, PROCESSESS AND DOCUMENTS OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ON THE PEACE PROCESS (OPAPP) INCLUDING ALL ITS CONSULTANTS AND/OR MEMBERS OF ITS PEACE NEGOTIATION PANELS PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO THE RECENTLY PROPOSED MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MOA) ON ANCESTRAL DOMAIN BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF INSTITUTING THE APPROPRIATE LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO ENSURE ACCESS AND TRANSPARENCY TO PUBLIC INFORMATION, APPROPRIATE PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS AND PROPER PEACE NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY AT ALL TIMES IN THE FURTHERANCE OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED DREADFUL EFFECTS OF ARMED AND POLITICAL CONFLICTS TO CHILD SURVIVAL IN THE PHILIPPINES

RESOLUTION URGING THE ARROYO ADMINISTRATION TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE MANDATE OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION BY ABANDONING THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MOA) ON THE ANCESTRAL DOMAIN ASPECT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF), AND RECONSTITUTE THE GRP NEGOTIATING PANEL

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE POSSIBLE CONFLICT OR OVERLAPPING OF LANDS COVERED UNDER THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON ANCESTRAL DOMAINS AND LANDS ALREADY ACQUIRED THROUGH OTHER MODES PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE LAW

RESOLUTION ENJOINING PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO TO RESCIND EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 739 OSTENSIBLY REORGANIZING THE PEACE AND ORDER COUNCIL AND DUPLICATING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, THEREBY RESULTING TO FURTHER HINDRANCES TO THE STALLED PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES (NDFP), WITH THE END IN VIEW OF REMOVING OBSTACLES TO THE RESUMPTION OF THE GRP-NDFP PEACE TALKS

RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO TO CONSIDER THE GRANT OF AMNESTY TO ALL LEADERS AND PARTICIPANTS OF THE 'OAKWOOD MUTINY' HELD ON JULY 27, 2003

RESOLUTION URGING THE PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO TO CONSIDER THE GRANT OF AMNESTY TO ALL LEADERS AND PARTICIPANTS OF THE 'OAKWOOD MUTINY' HELD ON JULY 27, 2003 AND THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED

RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT THROUGH H.E. PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO AND ALL REBEL FORCES IN THE COUNTRY TO IMMEDIATELY DECLARE AN AUTOMATIC CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN CALAMITY-STRUCK AREAS, TO FACILITATE AND ENSURE THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT CONDUCT OF RELIEF AND REBUILDING EFFORTS TO THESE PLACES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION AND COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY TO CONDUCT A JOINT INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GRP-MNLF PEACE ACCORD OF 1996 DUE TO THE RESUMPTION OF HOSTILITIES IN MINDANAO INVOLVING THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SUPPORTERS OF MNLF CHAIR NUR MISUARY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ADOPTING IMMEDIATE AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT THE ALARMING ESCALATION OF THE ARMED CONFLICT TOWARDS THE ATTAINMENT OF A JUST, COMPREHENSIVE AND LASTING PEACE IN MINDANAO.

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT A REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRIPOLI AGREEMENT AND THE JAKARTA FINAL PEACE AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE MORO NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (MNLF) AND ON THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES COUNCIL ON PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT (SPCPD) CREATED UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 371 DATED 02 OCTOBER 1996.

AN ACT DECLARING A NATIONAL PEACE POLICY THEREBY CREATING A COMMISSION ON PEACE

AN ACT DECLARING A NATIONAL PEACE POLICY THEREBY CREATING A COMMISSION ON PEACE

AN ACT DECLARING A NATIONAL PEACE POLICY THEREBY CREATING A COMMISSION ON PEACE

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A DEPARTMENT OF PEACE IN THE PHILIPPINES

AN ACT DECLARING A NATIONAL PEACE POLICY THEREBY CREATING A COMMISSION ON PEACE

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE BASIC LAW FOR THE BANGSAMORO AND ABOLISHING THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9054, ENTITLED 'AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO,' AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6734, ENTITLED 'AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO,' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CREATING A FACT-FINDING COMMISSION, TO BE CALLED THE 'MAMASAPANO TRUTH COMMISSION,' WITH PLENARY POWERS TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT UPON THE DEATHS AND INJURIES OF MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL ACTION FORCE UNIT OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE IN MAMASAPANO, MAGUINDANAO

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE BASIC LAW FOR THE BANGSAMORO AUTONOMOUS REGION AND ABOLISHING THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9054, ENTITLED 'AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO,' AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6734, ENTITLED 'AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO,' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE MINDANAO PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN, SETTING THE GUIDELINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT DECLARING A NATIONAL PEACE POLICY THEREBY CREATING A COMMISSION ON PEACE

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE MINDANAO PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN, SETTING THE GUIDELINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT DECLARING A NATIONAL PEACE POLICY THEREBY CREATING A COMMISSION ON PEACE

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A DEPARTMENT OF PEACE IN THE PHILIPPINES

AN ACT DECLARING A NATIONAL PEACE POLICY THEREBY CREATING A COMMISSION ON PEACE

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE ONGOING PEACE PROCESS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE COMMUNIST PARY OF THE PHILIPPINES-NEW PEOPLE'S ARMY-NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES (CPP-NPA-NDFP).

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE(S), TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE MOTIVE(S) BEHIND THE ZAMBOANGA SIEGE IN SEPTEMBER 2013 WHICH RESULTED IN A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE SAID CITY, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING MEASURES TO PREVENT THE RECCURRENCE OF A SIMILAR INCIDENT IN THE FUTURE

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON WOMEN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY; AND THE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION TO LOOK INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY IN LIGHT OF THE COUNTRY'S COMMITMENTS TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1325, THUS STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND THE PEACE-BUILDING PROCESS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY INTO THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON THE BANGSAMORO AND THE ANNEXES THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT, WITH THE END OF VIEW OF GAINING A FIRMER GRASP OF THE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES THAT WILL BE FACED BY THE NATION WITH THE IMPENDING PASSAGE OF THE BANGSAMORO BASIC LAW

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DEATH OF AT LEAST 43 MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE IN AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATIONF FRONT (MILF) AND THE BANGSAMORO ISLAMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS (BIFF)

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS, PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DEATH OF AT LEAST FIFTY (50) MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE - SPECIAL ACTION FORCE (SAF) IN A CLASH WITH THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) AND OTHER ELEMENTS IN MAMASAPANO, MAGUINDANAO ON JANUARY 25, 2015

RESOLUTION URGING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE KILLINGS OF MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL ACTION FORCE (SAF) OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) IN MAMASAPANO, MAGUINDANAO IN RELATION TO THE PROPOSED PNP MODERNIZATION PROGRAM

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE POLICE OPERATION IN MAMASAPANO, MAGUINDANAO WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF FORTY FOUR POLICE OFFICERS AND EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) AND THE BANGSAMORO FREEDOM FIGHTERS (BIFF) AND INJURIES TO OTHERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED ATTACK OF PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE IN MAGUINDANAO MILF CONTROLLED AREA WITHOUT PROPER COORDINATION WITH THE SPECIAL ACTION FORCES CAUSING THE DEATH OF 44 SAF MEMBERS AND 12 WOUNDED IN ACTION

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE FIREFIGHT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND REBEL FORCES THAT LEFT 44 POLICE COMMANDOS DEAD IN MAGUINDANAO

RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE BRAVERY AND HEROISM OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE SPECIAL ACTION FORCE (PNP-SAF) OPERATIVES WHO WERE KILLED AND WOUNDED IN MAMASAPANO, MAGUINDANAO AND DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO DETERMINE POSSIBLE LAPSES IN THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SAID OPERATION AS WELL AS OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT LED TO ITS UNFAVORABLE OUTCOME

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED BY THE STILL UNRESOLVED CONFLICT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF)

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, COMMITTEE ON PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT A STUDY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE WORLD BANK REPORT 2011: CONFLICT, DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ESTABLISHING CAPABLE, ACCOUNTABLE AND LEGITIMATE INSTITUTIONS IN THE COUNTRY FOR CONFLICT MEDIATION TO COMBAT THE SAME

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEES ON NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, AND PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION, TO INQUIRE AND INVESTIGATE IN AID OF LEGISLATION THE ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT FORCES AND THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) LAST 18 OCTOBER 2011 AND SUBSEQUENT DATES WHICH RESULTED TO THE DEATH OF AT LEAST THIRTY-FOUR (34) PEOPLE WITH THE END IN VIEW OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ACCOUNTABILITY AND CULPABILITY ON THE PART OF THE MILF LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE OPERATIONAL AND TACTICAL LAPSES ON THE PART OF THE ARMED FORCES OF PHILIPPINES (AFP), AND IN ORDER TO PUT INTO PLACE THE PROPER MECHANISMS AND POLICIES RELATING TO THE ONGOING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE MILF WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PREVENTING SIMILAR INCIDENTS IN THE FUTURE

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED KILLING AND MAIMING OF FILIPINO CHILDREN IN AREAS OF ARMED CONFLICT, AND FOR THE PEACE AND CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND REBEL GROUPS TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE ALLEGED RISING NUMBER OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN THE HUNT FOR COMMANDERS BRAVO AND KATO

RESOLUTION URGING THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT TO CAUSE THE RESUMPTION OF THE PEACE TALKS WITH THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) WITH INDONESIA AS THE PARTY FACILITATOR THEREOF

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS OF THE BRUTAL ABDUCTION AND MURDER OF 20-YEAR OLD REBELYN PITAO, DAUGHTER OF NPA COMMANDER LEONCIO PITAO, ON THE PEACE PROCESS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE CPP-NPA-NDF, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF RECOMMENDING MEASURES FOR THE IMMEDIATE RESUMPTION OF THE PEACE TALKS