![]() Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said the latest hazing death could dampen the enthusiasm for the bill in the chamber and could prompt undecided senators to ask for more time to study the proposal. When asked how senators can ensure that there will be no hazing incidents in the proposed ROTC program as what happened in the past, he said: “The (proposed) law is airtight and equipped with safeguards that will prevent abuses from happening.” It is precisely incidents like these that ROTC intends to eliminate by molding our youth to respect our country and one another,” Gatchalian said. “The goal of ROTC, on the other hand, is to inculcate discipline and good citizenship among the youth. ![]() Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate committee on education and an advocate of the ROTC program, said Salilig’s death by hazing was “perpetuated by individuals who have absolutely no respect for the rule of law.” He maintained that such calls will not deter the committee deliberating on bills seeking to revive the program from coming up with a measure, which he said is expected to be sponsored in plenary next week.ĭela Rosa said the bill will “likely” be passed in the Senate before the opening of the second regular session of Congress in July. “If we want to make ROTC optional and when other countries like China attack us, let’s make the defense of our country also optional and set aside our Constitution that states that it is the obligation of every Filipino to defend the state,” he said in Filipino. He said the ROTC bill provides for the establishment of local grievance boards and a national grievance and monitoring committee that would conduct investigations motu propio on reported or monitored abuses being committed under the ROTC program. What is the connection? The victim died because of fraternity hazing and not of ROTC training,” Dela Rosa told reporters, in reference to the third year college student of Adamson University whose body was found dumped in Imus, Cavite. “What a desperate move from anti-ROTC leftist groups. Ronald dela Rosa, chairman of the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs, said the death of John Matthew Salilig, a victim of hazing, has no bearing on the push to revive the ROTC program for students. MANILA, Philippines - Proponents of the revival of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program in the Senate balked at calls from militant groups to scrap the proposed mandatory course, which they warned puts students at risk of hazing.
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