The National Security Policy of the Philippines “focuses on four key elements namely: (1) Governance; (2) Delivery of Basic Services; (3) Economic Reconstruction and Sustainable Development; (4) Security Sector Reform”. The purpose of the National Security Policy is stated as follows: “to identify the strategic priorities to establish the correct balance in the “guns or butter” debate for the allocation of scarce resources; and to establish the prioritization, among others, between external and internal defense