Mystery shrouds Xavier-Ateneo campus sale plan, alumni seek transparency

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A shroud of mystery over plans to sell and move the historical campus of the first Ateneo university in the country stirred a group of alumni into calling on the institution to come clean by going public with details of the multibillion-peso project.

A shroud of mystery over plans to sell and move the historical campus of the first Ateneo university in the country stirred a group of alumni into calling on the Jesuit-owned institution to come clean by going public with details of the multibillion-peso project.

The plan, announced by Xavier-Ateneo recently, was endorsed by the Jesuit superior general and approved by the Vatican. The document however has not been made public. Robert dela Serna, one of the organizers of the campaign, said several attempts were made by Coptac, Ledesma, and alumni to secure copies of the agreement between Xavier-Ateneo and CLI and the supposed document showing the Vatican greenlit the plan.

If Father Tan does not grant the request. Dela Serna said Coptac would pursue its campaign and work with the National Heritage Commission to invoke a provision in Republic Act 10066 against any attempt to sell the campus and demolish historical structures in it. Xavier-Ateneo was also the first to establish and open a college in Mindanao in 1938, ending the period when only the rich in the then-Misamis de Cagayan town and neighboring areas could take up higher studies in the Visayas and Luzon.

 

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