PHILIPPINES: PRESIDENT MARCOS LAUNCHES CITIZEN'S MILITARY TRAINING PROGRAMME AS A SECOND LINE OF DEFENCE.

Record ID: 860317

  • Title: PHILIPPINES: PRESIDENT MARCOS LAUNCHES CITIZEN'S MILITARY TRAINING PROGRAMME AS A SECOND LINE OF DEFENCE.
  • Date: 25th November 1985
  • Summary: MANILA, PHILIPPINES NOVEMBER 24, 1985 (REUTERS - MANUEL SILVA) CUs PULL BACK SV Marcos arriving and applauded by crowd (2 shots) 0.07 SVs Marcos taking salute with Imelda Marcos and crowd cheering (4 shots) 0.24 SVs & CU Parade (3 shots) 0.32
  • Embargoed: 10th December 1985 12:00
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  • Location: Philippines, Philippines
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  • Country: Philippines
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA3XW1NM3MXSNW090LUS6GOIVDS
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  • Story Text: MANILA, PHILIPPINES

    Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos launched a citizen's military training programme on November 24, saying it will form a second line of defence for the Philippines against what he termed 'foreign aggression'. He made the announcement at Manila's Rizal Stadium in front of 125,000 military cadets. President Marcos recalled the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during the second world war and said "that our nation must have a second line of defence behind our regular military forces in the unfortuitous event of war" and that "in order to save the republic there must be preparation". The Citizen's Military Training programme is contained in a presidential decree known as the National Service Law, signed by President Marcos under his emergency powers in 1980. It is being implemented for the first time this year and means all Filipinos, ten years of age and older, must give military and civic services under supervision of military officials instead of education authorities to promote respect and compliance to law and order. But even while President Marcos was speaking, more than a hundred students were protesting outside the stadium against the new military programme. As President Marcos was leaving, the students shouted slogans and brandished banners until troops forced them back from the gates.

    <strong>Source: REUTERS - MANUEL SILVA</strong>
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