‘Termination of UP-DND Accord had no legal basis’ – law expert
‘Termination of UP-DND Accord had no legal basis’ – law expert
“DND, in its letter, has failed to show any overriding public interest to interfere with UP’s academic freedom. It did not show any clear and present danger which can limit a student or a professor’s civil liberty to freely think and express his or her view.”
By EMILY VITAL
Bulatlat.com
UP Law Professorial Lecturer Antonio La Viña said that the unilateral termination of 1989 University of the Philippines-Department of National Defense Accord had no legal basis and “is just but a part of the government’s long standing crusade to silence anyone who is opposed to its views.”
In a letter dated Jan. 15, 2021, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana terminates UP-DND accord, which prohibits state security forces from entering university premises without prior notice to the school administration.
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