ASEAN HEADLINES: MANILA- DND firm on ending UP pact despite gaffe

By: DJ Yap – Reporter / @deejayapINQ
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:18 AM January 26, 2021

FIGHTING STANCE A tarpaulin displayed at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, sums up the position of the UP community regarding the Department of National Defense’s decision to terminate a 1989 agreement on noninterference of the military in the state university’s affairs. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

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MANILA, Philippines — The controversy over the military’s Red-tagging of academic institutions, particularly the University of the Philippines (UP) and their graduates, “may merit at least a suspension” of the planned termination of the 1989 accord between the Department of National Defense (DND) and the state university, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said on Monday.

But Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is not keen on this suggestion as he stood by his position on Sunday night to scrap the accord, which sought to restrain security forces from entering UP campuses without prior notice to school authorities.

READ MORE: https://aseanews.net/2021/01/26/headline-manila-dnd-firm-on-ending-up-pact-despite-gaffe/

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