WHY IS NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE NOT A PRIORITY IN THE FEELING OF THE PERUVIAN?

Abstract

The National Multisectoral Security and National Defense Policy to 2030 represents a great
normative advance which contains 3 objectives and 14 guidelines that will guide the actions of the
corresponding entities of the National Defense System (through which the State guarantees security)
to face to the threats, concerns and challenges in its field, in an articulated and participatory manner
at the national level (approved with Supreme Decree No. 005-2021-DE, 2021). This paper will
analyze guideline 1.3 Strengthen national capacities for the defense of sovereignty and territorial
integrity and the protection of the population and the territory against conflicts and threats in the
external sphere, directly related to defense at the national level. The big problem that arises is the lack
of interest of the Peruvian population in strengthening their National Security and Defense because
they understand that it is a problem of the Armed Forces and not of themselves. As a consequence,
politicians frequently underestimate the importance of Security and Defense; which is reflected in the
low budget allocated for this purpose (PNMSDN). From this point of view, we are going to analyze
individual rights (life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness), social rights (human rights) and
their protection, which is the supreme goal of the State, which is why we maintain that all public
institutions must be at the service of the protection of the human person and everything must revolve
around this principle, which will help to increase the degree of protection of the safety of the Peruvian
population.