MANILA – A very bad case of déjà vu.
This is how Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas Chairperson Danilo Ramos described in a statement the ongoing government response – a year into the world’s longest and strictest lockdown.
On March 17, Filipino progressives marched to the Commission on Human Rights to assail President Rodrigo Duterte’s inefficient pandemic response and to press for a P10,000 (US$205) monthly financial aid for the poor. Ramos said that the country seems to be back to square one, with the rising cases of COVID-19 and the implementation of a stricter lockdown.
“Duterte failed. Duque failed. They should be held accountable,” Ramos said.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 19) As the Defense Department unilaterally moved to terminate a 1989 pact that prohibits the unauthorized entry of police and military personnel in University of the Philippines’ campuses, another deal has consistently been mentioned as its basis the Soto-Enrile agreement.
In an Oct. 29, 1981 letter, then Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile told student groups that the police would not enter any campus nationwide unless requested by students or school authorities, and that the military would not interfere in “peaceful student protest actions.” In return, student protesters should notify the police ahead of any demonstration, the letter stated.