By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Published January 21, 2021 6:18pm Updated January 21, 2021 7:13pm Quezon City Representative Kit Belmonte on Thursday filed a measure which seeks to apply the provisions of the unilaterally-abrogated 1989 University of the Philippines - Department of National Defense (UP-DND) Accord to all state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the country. Belmonte, a UP alumnus, filed House Bill 8443, or the proposed "Academic Freedom Act of 2021," which institutionalizes SUCs as freedom spaces where academic freedom is guaranteed.
READ: Amid the unilateral abrogation of the UP-DND Accord, Quezon City Rep. Kit Belmonte files proposed "Academic Freedom Act of 2021,” which institutionalizes SUCs as freedom spaces. @gmanewspic.twitter.com/ojuYYwcbys — Erwin Colcol (@erwincolcol) January 21, 2021