, which requires prior notice by state forces before entering UP campuses.
“The government is hell-bent on militarizing the entire academic community to meet the objectives of their Internal and Security Plan,” Lazaro claimed. “We could not think of a greater contradiction than asking military officers to define academic freedom for the academic community. This is not just campus militarization, but concept militarization.”
After the UP-DND deal was terminated, De Vera — also chair of the UP Board of Regents — offered to serve asbetween the government’s security cluster and UP officials and stakeholders to address issues surrounding the security agreement.
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