SEN. Panfilo Lacson has sought a law that would strengthen the country’s defense system against insurgency and terrorism, which includes a two-year “mandatory” military service, to be rendered by Filipinos whether they were natural-born or naturalized.

He filed Senate Bill 1734 or the National Defense Act of 2018, which seeks a stronger Department of National Defense that will implement a more credible national defense system to address inside and outside threats.

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