The University of the Philippines is willing to engage in a dialogue with the Department of the National Defense (DND) following the one-sided cancellation of the pact that kept state forces out of its lands for three decades, the chancellor of its flagship campus said Tuesday.
UP accord terminated to protect Filipinos vs enemies of the state – Lorenzana
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 19) Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday justified the Duterte administration s decision to abruptly end the Department of National Defense s agreement with the University of the Philippines that prohibits the entry of state forces in its campuses without prior notice.
He claimed the three-decade old agreement accorded to UP out of courtesy is now obsolete because there is a need to protect the majority of Filipinos against a university that has become a breeding ground of groups with extremist beliefs to recruit students to go against the government.
Opposition Senator Francis ‘’Kiko’’Pangilinan on Tuesday filed a Senate resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to oppose the unilateral termination of the 1989 University of the Philippines (UP)-Department of National Defense (DND) accord and to urge UP and DND to commence a dialogue and find
Quezon City Representative Kit Belmonte on Tuesday suggested that Congress amend the Charter governing the University of the Philippines (UP) to assure the implementation of the provisions stated in the UP-Department of National Defense (DND) Accord.
The Straits Times
Protest over security forces on Philippine campuses
Students and activists marching in Metro Manila yesterday to protest against the defence ministry s cancellation of a decades-long pact preventing police and soldiers from entering the 17 campuses of the University of the Philippines without consent, except during emergencies or when in hot pursuit. PHOTO: REUTERS
PublishedJan 20, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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