UP supports Lumad’s fight for survival
UP supports Lumad’s fight for survival
UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan (left) talks with Lumad leader Jomorito Goaynon during the press conference, Oct. 27.
(Photo by Ronalyn V. Olea/Bulatlat.com)
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – The country’s premier state university welcomed some 700 Lumad who traveled from different parts of Mindanao to the nation’s capital.
In a press conference this afternoon, Oct. 27, UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan said it is the right of the Lumad to come to UP. “This is your university,” Tan said.
Dubbed #Manilakbayan2015, hundreds of Lumad went to Metro Manila to bring to the fore their calls to stop the killings, end the attacks on their schools, pull out military forces from their communities and disband paramilitary forces.
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