Revival of mandatory ROTC slammed
Kabataan Representative Raymond Palatino today balked at Rep. Eduardo Gullas’ proposal to restore the mandatory Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and abolish the National Service Training Program (NSTP) among college and university students.
The youth solon said Rep. Gullas’ House Bill 737, which aims to reinstate the mandatory ROTC for all male college students of both private ad public universities and colleges and repeal the NSTP Act of 2010, would “reverse and disregard the gains of students in their fight against an unrightful military training.”
The ROTC was abolished in 2001 as a result of nationwide protests from students and victims of harassment and extortion following the death of University of Santo Tomas student and ROTC cadet Mark Chua from alleged ROTC “hazing”.
Palatino also disputed the bill’s claim that the AFP-ran program would teach the students how to be patriotic.
“The ROTC has taught its cadets how to become blind and docile servants. With its grim and bloody human rights record, the AFP has no right to meddle with the academic affairs of our youth. A war-mongering and mercenary institution must not be allowed to infiltrate schools and teach students,” he said.
Palatino said that the ROTC must instead be scrapped as it is being used to harass progressive student groups critical of the government.
“The AFP uses the program in its red-baiting campaign against progressive student groups. In many ROTC lectures, soldier-instructors conveniently tagged student activist groups as affiliated with the New People’s Army. The ROTC is clearly a threat to academic freedom,” he said.
Palatino vows to contest the bill.
[...] Once more, there is news of renewed efforts to revive the mandatory Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) for all college and university [...]
keep up the good work exposing this foolishness.
why should we be forced into the army?
http://balita.ph/2010/07/29/gazmin-favors-reviving-rotc-program/
this is also being pushed by Gazmin
some Liberal!
Dapat gawing mandatory na yan para marami ang madisiplina, magaling sa survival at maging matapang sa panahon ng gyera. Panu nalang ang mga kabataan kung panahon ng gyera? Magtwitwit at magfifacebook nalang? Kung hinaharass, isumbong mo sa kinauukulan.. Yan lang ang solusyon. Kung lalaki ka, magROTC ka. Bakla lang ang hindi pavor sa Mandatory ROTC.
Mga Pilipino aged 25+, nag-ROTC sila lahat halos, mas may disiplina ba sila kaysa mga mas bata? Maraming matatanda walang disiplina, ipag-ROTC kaya din natin sila? Hindi disiplina ang ituturo ng ROTC!
Wala ding koneksyon ang ROTC sa disaster preparedness. Wag itong gamiting dahilan para gawing kadete ang mga kabataan nang di nila gusto. Kung kahandaan sa kalamidad ang gusto, e di i-train ang kabataan sa disaster preparedness, hindi sa paghawak ng baril at pagmartsa.
Mandatory ROTC should be revived I noticed most youth today are dirty looking like F4 haired, thin-skinned built like drug addicts and lack of discipline. Even former Defense Sec. Gibo Teodoro is in favor of reviving it but never happened.
Kindly read my blog article regarding MANDATORY ROTC. Hope u cud also repost it here in your WEBSITE. Thanks!
http://akosiliet.blogspot.com/2010/08/isang-bangungot-na-hindi-na-dapat.html
Statement that ROTC would teach students how to become patriotic or disciplined is a fallacy. There other ways on how to instill those said values.
“The AFP uses the program in its red-baiting campaign against progressive student groups. In many ROTC lectures, soldier-instructors conveniently tagged student activist groups as affiliated with the New People’s Army. The ROTC is clearly a threat to academic freedom,” he said.
pakiramdam ko mga kapatid, kaya lang maraming tumututol na ibalik ang ROTC ay dahil binabatikos nito ang mga aktibistang grupo kung san kasapi ang mga estudyante, at dahil doon, mahihirapan lalo maging aktib ang mga ganap na na aktibistang studyante, pero ang totoo, kailangan nga ibalik, ang daming walang disiplina sa ngayon, walang control, walang prioridad
No to mandatory ROTC and yes to optional ROTC.
Patriotism is instilled in young minds from the homes, to the classrooms and in the communities. Respecting the rights of every citizen of the Phil, executing the responsibilities of every Filipino to his/her homeland, protecting the motherland in times of national security emergencies are learned by every Filipino from womb to tomb.
Patriotism means doing your responsibilities to your country in return or in exchange for the rights that your country insure and protect for you to enjoy. A spade is a spade. Call it counter terrorism or/and anti-insurgency measure with all the related indoctrinations, but please spare patriotism.
Mandatory ROTC has no direct correlation with patriotism.
NO to mandatory ROTC.
No to revival of Mandatory ROTC program
Nagkaroon na ng malaking isyu kaya tinaggal yung mandatory ROTC program. Patriotism ay hindi nasusukat kung ilang rango na naabot mo sa pagiging ROTC. Patriotism is nasusukat kung paano mo pinaglilingkuran ang ang kapwa mong Pilipino kahit walang kapalit!!!
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join na!!!
disaster preparedness is relevant to rotc
yap,why should we be forced into the army, just take CWTS as you wish and protect our nation by means of BROOM and DUSTPAN……………….
thats why we are far behind in terms of armaments to protect our country, look at vietnam they have sophisticated armaments to protect their country they have more power than our country.yes for mandatory R O T C…………………tnx
ayos ka brod, alam mo kung ano na ang tunay na kalagayan ng ating mga kababayan……….. B R A V O………………………………yEHEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
DON’T USE CHUA AS THE MAIN REASON TO PREVENT THE REVIVAL OF ROTC! IF YOU UNDERGONE ROTC, YOU KNOW THE MEANING AND “REAL” OR “TRUE” PURPOSE OF ROTC. THE MEDIA ARE JUST LOOKING ON THE NEGATIVE SIDES OF ROTC. CAN YOU TAKE A LOOK ON THE POSITIVE SIDES? WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH SOLDIERS TO PROTECT US FROM THE NATIONAL THREATS. CAN YOU DO THE SAME WITHOUT PROPER KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO USE MILITARY TACTICS? THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT! =D
..so what do you mean??..all students in the SUC’s should be really enrolled in ROTC//?? oh come on..rotc sucks..patriotism is not measured merely by the rank you have..i ask you what do you mean by that “real” or “true” purpose of rotc??
It’s natural to slam the revival of ROTC because many of our students are members of the legal fronts of the leftist groups, like ANAKBAYAN, LFS, ANAKPAWIS, BAYAN, BAYAN MUNA, and the likes. These leftist groups have done nothing good to our economy but bringing it down. They just go down to the streets and make blah blah blah for nothing. You wanna know the “real” and/or “true” purpose of ROTC? Why don’t you take MTS or BCMT and see the difference.. That’s all. Thank you..
Hoy Victor, naranasan mo na bang maging kadete ng ROTC? Kung hindi, i-try mo’t baka pagsisihan mo ‘tong na post mo. At kung naranasan mo man e siguro kulang ka sa disiplina.
Hwag mong sabihing walang worth ang ROTC dahil di mo nakuha ang core values nito o gusto mo lang makaiwas sa tungkulin mo bilang mamamayang Pilipino.
Hoy Victor, naranasan mo na bang maging kadete ng ROTC? Kung hindi, i-try mo’t baka pagsisihan mo ‘tong na post mo. At kung naranasan mo man e siguro kulang ka sa disiplina.
Hwag mong sabihing walang worth ang ROTC dahil di mo nakuha ang core values nito o gusto mo lang makaiwas sa tungkulin mo bilang mamamayang Pilipino.
Jopay. Tutuo yan, patriotism cannot even be measured through the size of the strength but to the strength of the heart. Pero kung yung isyu noon ng ROTC ang pag-uusapan, kahit anong ahensya’t sino ay may isyu din. wag mong sabihing yung buhay moy walang isyu.
One who possess “patriotism” will discover the ROTC’s good points and through that, mapaglilingkuran mo ang kapwa ng walang kapalit.
Yes to ROTC program as Mandatory…
Jopay. Tutuo yan, patriotism cannot even be measured through the size of the strength but to the strength of the heart. Pero kung yung isyu noon ng ROTC ang pag-uusapan, kahit anong ahensya’t sino ay may isyu din. wag mong sabihing yung buhay moy walang isyu.
One who possess “patriotism” will discover the ROTC’s good points and through that, mapaglilingkuran mo ang kapwa ng walang kapalit.
Yes to ROTC program as Mandatory…
KIIAN, kaylangan mong mag ROTC kasi with your words, kulang ka sa BEBOA.
Tutuo yun, bading lang ang ayaw at takot sa ROTC.
Ay naku, ang daming satsat. Why can’t you try to see those countries with”martial-spirits”,diba maunlad? kasi disiplinado ang mga tao doon, well structured ang pamahalaan.AT, COMPULSORY SA KANILA ANG MILITARY TRAINING sa lahat ng paaralan.
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