Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio's recent proposal to make military service mandatory for those aged 18 and above shows her lack of understanding regarding security concerns, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Friday. According to Trillanes — a former military officer who grabbed headlines in 2003 after being one of the leaders of a coup attempt to protest alleged corruption in the armed service — Duterte-Carpio's proposal is wrong on so many levels. Trillanes, a staunch critic of the mayor's father, President Rodrigo Duterte, said that both father and daughter are merely power-tripping. "Sara Duterte's mandatory military service proposal is wrong on so many levels. It shows her lack of understanding on national security matters. Like her father, everything is about power tripping," the former senator said in a statement. If he manages to win a seat in the 2022 senatorial elections, Trillanes said that such proposals would not be allowed to prosper in the Senate. "Kung papalarin ako manalo sa Senado, hindi ko palulusutin yan," he added. The possibility of mandatory military service for legal age Filipinos grabbed headlines after Duterte-Carpio said that she would push for this… Read full this story
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