MANILA, Philippines — A group of youth activists has asked why students and faculty members of the University of the Philippines (UP) are not represented in the school officials’ meetings with the government about academic freedom issues.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (Spark) claimed that the military sector’s inclusion — and the lack of representation from UP’s student and faculty bodies — in discussing the abrogated UP-Department of National Defense (DND) agreement would only do more harm than good.
Spark national spokesperson John Lazaro said that it is perplexing why students, whom they believe are most impacted by the UP-DND accord’s ter…
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