Editing Armed Forces of the Philippines (section)

===Later 20th century===
{{see also|History of the Philippines (1986–present)}}
During [[Presidency of Corazon Aquino|Corazon Aquino's administration]], most of the military units remained loyal to her as she dealt with various coup attempts against her, either by military factions that remained loyal to the former dictator,<ref name="Davide Commission Report"/>{{rp|page=135}} or by the [[Reform the Armed Forces Movement]].<ref name="Davide Commission Report"/> The [[1989 Philippine coup d'état attempt|1989 coup attempt]], the bloodiest of all coup attempts against her, was crushed with US help.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Following the 1989 coup attempt, President Aquino established a Fact-Finding Commission headed by COMELEC Chairman [[Hilario Davide Jr.]] to investigate and provide a full report on the series of coup attempts.<ref name="PCIJrecommendationssummary">{{Cite news |title=PURSUANT TO RA NO. 6832: Recommendations of the Final Report of the Fact Finding Commission |work=Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism |url=http://www.pcij.org/HotSeat/davidereport.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417061659/http://www.pcij.org/HotSeat/davidereport.html |archive-date=April 17, 2008}}</ref><ref name="RA6832ser1990">{{cite web |title=R.A. 6832 |url=https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1990/ra_6832_1990.html |access-date=July 30, 2021 |website=lawphil.net}}</ref> When it came out, The [[Davide Commission Report]] recommended several short-term and long-term counter-measures, including the establishment of a civilian national police force, a crackdown on corruption in the military, a performance review of appointive government officials, reforms in the process of military promotions, a review of election laws in time for the 1992 presidential elections, and a definitive statement on the part of Aquino on whether she intended to run for re-election in 1992.<ref name="Davide Commission Report"/>{{rp|pages=509–530}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Recommendations of the Final Report of the Fact-Finding Commission |url=http://www.pcij.org/HotSeat/davidereport.html |publisher=Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism |year=2003 |access-date=May 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417061659/http://www.pcij.org/HotSeat/davidereport.html |archive-date=April 17, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The publication of the recommendations of the report is considered one of the key starting points of security sector reform in the Philippines.<ref name="secgovcentressrbriefer"/><ref name="NDCPCruzSSR"/>

The AFP, during her term also launched a massive campaign against the CPP-NPA after a brief hiatus and also against the [[Moro National Liberation Front]] (MNLF) in the south.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

In 1991, the major services of the AFP were reduced from four to three, when the [[Philippine Constabulary]] or PC, an AFP major service tasked to enforce the law and to curb criminality, was formally merged with the country's [[Integrated National Police]], a national police force on the cities and municipalities in the country attached to the PC to become the [[Philippine National Police]], thus removing it from AFP control and it was civilianized by a law passed by Congress, therefore becoming under the [[Department of the Interior and Local Government]] as a result.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Francisco |first=Katerina |date=September 21, 2016 |title=LOOK BACK: The Philippine Constabulary under Marcos |language=en |work=[[Rappler]] |url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/look-back-philippine-constabulary-marcos |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>