Published January 20, 2021, 5:35 PM
Four senators are seeking to institutionalize the 1989 accord between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of the National Defense (DND).
Following the DND’s unilateral decision to terminate its three-decades-old agreement with UP, Senators Joel Villanueva, Sonny Angara, Nancy Binay, and Grace Poe filed Wednesday Senate Bill No. 2002 which places the accord in the UP Charter (Republic Act No. 9500).
“The bill will institutionalize the accord that was designed to nurture academic freedom and promote cooperation and mutual respect between the university and the State in pursuing justice, peace, and freedom,” Villanueva, a member of the UP Board of Regents, told reporters in a message.