Liberal Party president and one of the staunch critic of the
current President of the republic, senator Francis “kiko” Pangilinan told the secretary
of National Defense “not to mess with UP (University of the Philippines)”
Pangilinan said on Twitter “Tinutulan natin ang panghihimasok
ng diktador noon. UP has always been and will always be a citadel of freedom
and democracy.”
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is made a historic move with
respect to the nation’s state university.
Duterte abrogated the decades old agreement with the
University of the Philippines which restricts the conduct of law enforcement
operations in its campuses nationwide.
In a letter sent to the Secretary of National Defense, Duterte said he
is terminating the agreement limiting military (AFP) and police(PNP) from
entering the campuses without prior notice to the university administration.
SND Lorenzana said he found the agreement a
“hindrance in providing effective security, safety and welfare of the students,
faculty and employees of UP,” as he claimed the Maoist-led rebels have been
using the university’s campus grounds as recruiting area for armed guerrillas
fighting the government.
“In the pursuit of true national peace and
development, it is time to terminate or abrogate the existing agreement with
the end view of protecting and securing the institution and the youth against
the enemies of the Filipino people without sacrificing the freedoms that we
have preserved for about 30 years.”
It was then National Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos under the
Cory Aquino presidency who signed the agreement with UP, 3 years after the
ousting of former President Ferdinand Marcos.
Against the move
Kabataan Partylist and Makabayan active member Rep. Sarah
Elago has voiced her dismay over the move of to terminate such agreement.
Elago said it “shows a blatant disregard for
the students’ historic victory against campus militarization and fascist
dictatorship.”
“This brazen step signals intensified attacks
on academic freedom and increasing violations of human rights of students,
teachers and education stakeholders amid the Duterte regime’s tyranny,” Elago
said in a statement.
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Lorenzana made it clear that no members of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) and police officers from the Philippine National Police (PNP)
will be stationed inside the campuses, respecting activist groups’ right to
express and academic freedom.
He said the security forces have “nothing to
gain from suppressing these rights and freedom but will only alienate it from
the people.”
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