Vanessa Estraño

The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU), then called Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), was created through Executive Order No. 125, s. 1993 which was later amended in 2001 with the signing of Executive Order No. 3, s. 2001. On December 27, 2021, former President Rodrigo Duterte issued Executive Order No. 158 which reorganized and renamed OPAPP into OPAPRU. The agency’s interventions, that are being implemented in partnership with various peace stakeholders, encompass a broad range of initiatives which aim to embed peace, reconciliation and unity in the Philippines’ social fabric; enhance the nation’s resilience for peace; and help in the country’s social, economic, and political re-engineering by addressing the root causes of armed conflict.