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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 20) A congresswoman of the Duterte Youth Partylist has called on the Department of National Defense to scrap its pact with the Polytechnic University of the Philippines that bans the unannounced entry of uniformed security personnel in school premises.
Duterte Youth Rep. Ducielle Cardema on Tuesday said the accord between DND and the state university should also be abrogated, similar to what Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana did with the 1989 deal with the University of the Philippines. She questioned why the two universities are given special treatment when other state universities and colleges are not given a similar privilege.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 20) A lawmaker is seeking an immediate House probe into what he described as a one-sided termination of the 1989 pact between the University of the Philippines and the Department of National Defense that once barred state security forces from entering the campus grounds without prior notice.
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman filed Tuesday House Resolution 1490 urging the House Committee on Human Rights to conduct an inquiry in aid of legislation on the unilateral abrogation by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana of the UP-DND accord. A copy of the resolution was made available to the public on Wednesday.
By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published January 20, 2021 10:27am
Updated January 20, 2021 12:14pm Albay Representative Edcel Lagman is calling for a House probe into the one-sided revocation of the 1989 accord between the University of the Philippines and the Department of National Defense that prohibits entry of state forces into the university without prior notice to its officials. In House Resolution 1490, Lagman, a UP alumnus, urged the House Committee on Human Rights to conduct the inquiry in aid of legislation into the termination of the UP-DND Accord, which he said seeks to protect and uphold the autonomy and academic freedom of UP units.
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File January 20, 2021 DEFENSE Secretary Delfin Lorenzana assured on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, that there is no plan to deploy state forces inside University of the Philippines (UP) campuses.
Neither does the military wish to suppress academic freedom and freedom of expression.
He said he made this clear when he informed UP President Danilo Concepcion in a letter about the abrogation of the agreement between the Department of National Defense (DND) and UP effective January 15.
The agreement, signed in June 1989, prevents the police and military from entering UP campuses without any coordination with the UP administration.
Lorenzana reiterated this in a press conference Wednesday to debunk “malicious insinuations” that they will militarize UP.
Soldiers visit gardening project in Diliman days after DND ended pact with UP By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News
Published January 20, 2021 10:13am
Updated January 20, 2021 10:44am Troops from the 7th Civil Relations Group of the Civil Relations Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday visited the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman to inspect their urban gardening project. The visit was conducted days after the Department of National Defense (DND) decided to unilaterally abrogate the accord with the university banning military and police forces inside the campus if there is no coordination. In a photo posted by GMA News reporter Chino Gaston on Twitter on Wednesday morning, military trucks and personnel could be seen entering the UP Arboretum.