INDIGNATION A wave of indignation sweeps University of the Philippines campuses, including the main one in Diliman, Quezon City, over the Department of National Defense’s unilateral abrogation of its June 30, 1989, accord with the UP System that bars policemen and soldiers from its campuses. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

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Students, faculty and graduates of the University of the Philippines (UP), including many politicians, were outraged and shocked by the unilateral termination of a 1989 accord between the Department of National Defense (DND) and UP to ban security forces from its campuses nationwide.

In a letter to UP president Danilo Concepcion, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the DND abrogated last week the agreement between then UP president Jose Abueva and then Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos, saying the accord was being used by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) as a “shield” for their recruitment.

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