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The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday said it will organize a panel of experts "to define the meaning of academic freedom and the role of security forces in the protection of academic freedom and the welfare of students."
Past and current Student Regents of the University of the Philippines (UP) Office of the Student Regent on Thursday opposed the Department of National Defense’s (DND) decision to terminate the deal preventing state forces from entering university grounds.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque says a conversation between the UP President and Defense chief may be the ‘proper course of action’ to resolve issues surrounding the accord, saying he would even offer his ‘good office’ should the parties need assistance.
Malacañang said President Duterte was not consulted before the Department of National Defense (DND) unilaterally terminated its agreement with the University of the Philippines (UP) that bars the entry of the military or the police in campuses without prior notice to the university's administration.
FILE PHOTO 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 "...