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The Department of Justice (DOJ) will not issue a legal opinion on the termination of the University of the Philippines-Department of National Defense accord unless requested, Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Monday.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines should stick to its mandate of being loyal to the truth and the law, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said Monday.

Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza on Sunday backed the proposal for the House of Representatives to investigate the unilateral abrogation of the 1989 pact between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of National Defense (DND).

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday defended the Department of National Defense's unilateral abrogation of its agreement with the University of the Philippines (UP), claiming it was a "patriotic duty."

“It is unthinkable that despite the millions of taxpayers’ money poured into military intelligence, the AFP is making such baseless accusations, in the process violating the civil liberties and putting at risk the lives of responsible citizens who are actively contributing to nation-building in their chosen professions,” he said in a statement.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Saturday expressed support for the abrogation by the Department of National Defense of its 1989 accord with University of the Philippines.

“The UP Vanguard Inc. joins the whole University of the Philippines (UP) community in expressing its grave concern on the unilateral abrogation by the Department of National Defense (DND) of the 1989 agreement with UP,” the organization said in a statement.

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.

The major services of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday backed the decision of the Department of National Defense (DND) to abrogate its 31-year-old agreement with the University of the Philippines on the ban on entry of government security forces in its campuses.

Albay Representative Edcel Lagman is calling for a House probe into the one-sided revocation  of the 1989 accord between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of National Defense (DND) prohibiting entry of state forces into the university without prior notice to its officials.

Troops from the 7th Civil Relations Group of the Civil Relations Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Wednesday visited the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman to inspect their urban gardening project.

The Department of Chemical Engineering in the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman on Wednesday asked the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) not to make hypothetical statements “absent of any factual basis” following a controversial remark by the military spokesman.

At least 18 University of the Philippines students who joined the New People's Army have been killed in clashes with government forces, Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff General Gilbert Gapay said on Wednesday.

University of the Philippines president Danilo Concepcion on Tuesday underscored that the unilateral termination of the Department of National Defense-UP pact on the ban on entry of state forces in UP campuses was unnecessary and unwarranted. 

The decision of the Department of National Defense to end its agreement with the University of the Philippines as regards prohibition on the entry of police and military was clearly an aim to sow terror and fear, the Communist Party of the Philippines said Tuesday. 

Various student councils from the University of the Philippines denounced the move of the Department of National Defense to end its 31-year-old agreement with UP regarding the prohibition on the entry of police and military in its campuses.

After the Department of National Defense unilaterally terminated an agreement with the University of the Philippines that prohibited the entry of state security forces in campuses, several senators on Tuesday filed a resolution that opposed the DND's action.

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.

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.

"In pursuit of true national peace and development, it is time to terminate or aborgate the existing agreement with the end view if protecting and securing the institution and youth against the enemies of the Filipino people without sacrificing the freedoms we have preserved for about 30 years since the agreement was executed," Lorenzana told UP President Danny Concepcion in a letter.

The League of Filipino Students (LFS) on Monday condemned the Philippine Defense Department's unilateral termination of an agreement that banned the entry of security forces into University of the Philippines campuses and called for a protest against the action at the UP Diliman campus on Tuesday morning.