Political Conditions: The Republic of the Philippines is a constitutional republic and has three branches of government. The executive, judicial, and legislative bodies are structured very similarly to those in the United States (CIA WFB, 2012). The Philippine Constitution was amended and ratified again in February 1987 and has not changed since then. (CIA WFB, 2012) The Philippine government has strong ties with the United States and currently the United States Army Pacific Command (PACOM) conducts joint operations with the Philippine National Army (NAP). The Philippine government claims territorial rights to the Scarborough Reef, also claimed by China and Taiwan, and to some of the Spratly Islands, also claimed by China, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam. (CIA WFB, 2012) The government is also focusing efforts on drug enforcement in cities, which is increasing rapidly, but police control outside urban areas is limited. Effect: With the Philippines having strong ties to the United States, HUMINT Liaison and FORMICA operations would be strong and prevalent. Manila remains a tourist attraction and entry and exit from the nation and the AO would be largely unrestricted. The CPP/NPA operates in large cities and surveillance/counter-surveillance operations would be the norm. With the current political controversies and government crackdown on drug trafficking, PIR collectors would likely focus on interdiction of drugs and weapons, based on the likelihood that they will fund groups working against the government. The need for supervision and security when dealing with drug traffickers and financiers will play a major role in the restrictions placed on collectors operating in the area. Answer: Experienced collectors capable of operating individually with... half the paper. .....the local population.Works Citedhttp://www.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/view/149 http://www.gov.ph/2012/08/16/proclamation -no-459-s-2012/ http://publicholidays.ph/ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html http://www.scribd. com/doc/89147694/The-CenSEI-Report-Vol-2-No-13-April-2-8-2012#page=3 http://www.ndfp.net/web2014/ http://www.ndfp .net/joom15/index.php/about-the-ndfp-mainmenu-27/12-point-program-mainmenu-29.html http://archive.adl.org/terror/tu/tu_0404_philippines.html#.U0D71fldUd8 http://www.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/view/149 http://www.philippinerevolution.net/documents/questions-and-answers-on-the-armed-intervention-of -us-troops-in-the-philippines http://www.terrorism101.org/organizations/communist_party_of_philippines.htmlhttp://www.state.gov/j/inl/regions/europeasia/219030.htm