Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa remains unfazed by a survey that found most Catholic school students opposing the revival of the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. | BPinlacINQ
A recent Catholic Education Association of the Philippines poll showed that 53 percent of over 20,000 students from over 1,500 Catholic schools are against the proposal to restore the obligatory school-based military training program.Dela Rosa, who is shepherding the passage of the ROTC bill in the Senate, said Friday that he finds it unnecessary to persuade “unpatriotic Filipinos” to back the measure.
“Defending this country is not a matter of choice. It is a constitutional duty of every citizen of this republic. Therefore, there is no need of convincing these unpatriotic Filipinos,” dela Rosa told reporters in a message.
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