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Seven senators have officially opposed the Department of National Defense's move to unilaterally end its decades-long deal with the University of the Philippines, which bars the unauthorized entry of state forces in UP campuses.
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endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 19) — Vice President Leni Robredo, several lawmakers, and progressive youth groups denounced the Department of National Defense's decision to abrogate its three-decade agreement with the University of the Philippines that bars uniformed personnel from entering UP campuses without notifying school officials. The Duterte administration's unilateral termination of the deal is clearly meant to silence the government's critics, Robredo said Tuesday, pointing out that the accord simply asks law enforcers to give notice to the university before co...
The scrapping of the agreement between the Department of National Defense (DND) and the University of the Philippines that prohibits police and military presence inside UP campuses was meant to “sow fear, discourage dissent, and silence criticism,” Vice President Leni Robredo said on Tuesday.
"DND, in its letter, has failed to show any overriding public interest to interfere with UP’s academic freedom. It did not show any clear and present danger which can limit a student or a professor’s civil liberty to freely think and express his or her view."