Uproar as Duterte targets state university Govt breaks deal barring state forces entering campuses, saying University of the Philippines is full of communists University of the Philippines president Danilo Conception talks to the press on Jan. 19 during a protest against the breaking of an accord barring state forces from the university’s campuses. (Photo courtesy of Sophia Sibal of the Philippine Collegian) Administrators and students at the Philippines’ national university have condemned the Defense Department’s termination of an agreement that requires state forces to seek permission from the university before they can enter its campuses. Established in 1908, the University of the Philippines has built a reputation of academic excellence as well as for dissent against rights abuses.