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Student leaders from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) have expressed their opposition to Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte's proposal to make military service mandatory for Filipinos turning 18 and instead pushed for mandatory history subjects in high school.
The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) called the proposal of vice-presidential aspirant Sara Duterte-Carpio's to require military service for all young Filipinos "unnecessary."
The Davao City mayor cites two countries in pitching conscription – Israel and South Korea. The popularity of mandatory military service seems to be waning in those countries.
A youth group has expressed its opposition to the proposal of vice-presidential aspirant Sara Duterte-Carpio of requiring mandatory training for young Filipinos.
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte will push for the imposition of mandatory military service for all Filipinos upon turning 18 years old, if she wins the vice presidency in the May polls.