MANILA, Philippines — Senator Francis Pangilinan has filed a bill that would bar the conduct of unauthorized military or police operations in all state universities and colleges (SUCs).
Pangilinan filed Senate Bill No. 2016 or the proposed Academic Freedom Act following the unilateral abrogation of the accord between the Department of National Defense and the University of the Philippines, which prohibits military and police presence in its campuses without prior notification to university authorities.
“All institutions of higher learning, especially all state universities and colleges (SUCs), should be centers of free thought – environments that encourage new thoughts and test o…
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