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LEGAL BASIS
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SPECIFIC PROVISION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS AND REPUBLIC ACTS.

SEC 4, ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION

THE CONSTITUTION PROVIDES THAT THE PRIME DUTY OF THE GOVERNMENT IS TO
SERVE AND PROTECT THE PEOPLE. THE GOVERNMENT MAY CALL UPON THE PEOPLE TO
DEFEND THE STATE AND IN THE FULFILLMENT THEREOF, ALL CITIZENS MAY BE REQUIRED,
UNDER CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY LAW, TO RENDER PERSONAL MILITARY OR CIVIL SERVICE.

SEC 38, ARTICLE VII, RA # 7077

RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) STATES THAT, “MILITARY TRAINING FOR
STUDENTS ENROLLED IN COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES & SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS OF
LEARNING IS MANDATORY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISION OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT
OF 1935 & THE 1987 CONSTITUTION.”

COMMONWEALTH ACT # 1
COMMONWEALTH ACT # 1, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT, WAS
THE VERY FIRST STATURY ENACTMENT BY THE COMMONWEALTH GOVT ON 23 DEC 1935.
THIS ACT REQUIRED THE COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING OF ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS.

EXECUTIVE ORDER # 207

EXECUTIVE ORDER # 207, WAS ISSUED BY PRES MANUEL L QUEZON REQUIRING ALL
COLLEGE STUDENTS TO THE COMPULSORY COURSES OF MILITARY INSTRUCTIONS
PURSUANT TO COMMONWEALTH ACT # 1,

PRESIDENTIAL DECREE # 1706

THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT WAS AMENDED IN 1980 BY PD # 1706 (THE NATIONAL
SERVICE LAW) WHICH DIRECTS THAT MILITARY SERVICE WILL NO LONGER BE
COMPULSORY, BUT LEAVING THE NATIONAL SERVICE OR TRAINING TO BE IN EFFECT. MTS,
CWS & LES MAKE UP THE NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM.

REPUBLIC ACT # 9163

RA # 9163 MAKES ROTC OPTIONAL AND REQUIRES MALE & FEMALE STUDENTS
TAKING BACCALAUREATE DEGREE AND AT LEAST TWO (2) YEAR VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL
OR ASSOCIATE COURSES TO TAKE THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM (NSTP) WITH
THREE (3) PROGRAM COMPONENTS NAMELY: ROTC, LITERACY TRAINING SERVICE & CIVIC
WELFARE TRAINING SERVICE.

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