Despite abrogation of UP-DND pact, this 1981 agreement still bars police and military from campuses, former student leaders say

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Here's what we know about these decades-old agreements that prohibit the entry of police and military personnel in campuses.

Lawyer JV Bautista, who was part of the negotiations with Enrile as head of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines, agrees that the police and military still could not simply barge into UP or any other school because of the 1981 pact, which he said was formalized by a memorandum circular that same year.

In his Jan. 15 letter to UP President Danilo Concepcion, Lorenzana said the abrogation was necessary for authorities to fulfill their mandate of protecting the youth against the recruitment activities of the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People’s Amy, which have been designated as terrorist organizations by an executive body.But DND’s agreement with UP cannot be unilaterally terminated, Bautista said, expecting the premier state university to put up a fight.

Since the agreement mandated UP to manage its own security, police, and firefighting capabilities, policemen and soldiers can only provide assistance when requested. They cannot interfere with peaceful protest actions within university premises.

 

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