In a letter dated January 15, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana justified the termination by citing the accord as a"hindrance in providing effective security, safety, and welfare of the students, faculty, and employees of UP."
The 1989 accord prevented state forces from entering UP campuses without permission – a result of a long history of student disappearances, killings, and police and military violence within the vicinity of the campuses.
Several Iskolars ng Bayan and students took to social media to slam the administration's red-tagging and continuing crackdown on dissent, with the hashtags #DefendUP, #NoToCampusMilitarization, and #DefendAcademicFreedom trending on Twitter on Monday evening. Twitter user @sc_madriaga said ending the accord would clear the way for"greater cases" of red-tagging and campus militarization.
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