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+ January 21, 2021 SOLDIERS aboard military trucks entered the University of the Philippines Diliman campus on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, not as a show of force following the abrogation of the 1989 UP-Department of National Defense (DND) accord but to visit their ongoing projects.
“Nandito po tayo ngayon dahil gusto po nating ipakita na mali yung mga sinasabi at sa mga speculation na bawal talaga ‘yung military dito sa Barangay UP Campus,” said Major Frank Sayson, 7th Civil Relations Group of the Civil Relations Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (7CRG, CRSAFP) commander.
“Ang sabi nga namin, itong ginagawa natin sa nation building, nagre-reach out ang AFP sa iba’t ibang sector especially sa pamunuan ng UP,” he added.
Soldiers visit gardening project in Diliman days after DND ended pact with UP By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News
Published January 20, 2021 10:13am
Updated January 20, 2021 10:44am Troops from the 7th Civil Relations Group of the Civil Relations Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday visited the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman to inspect their urban gardening project. The visit was conducted days after the Department of National Defense (DND) decided to unilaterally abrogate the accord with the university banning military and police forces inside the campus if there is no coordination. In a photo posted by GMA News reporter Chino Gaston on Twitter on Wednesday morning, military trucks and personnel could be seen entering the UP Arboretum.
UP official decries AFP s ‘show of force’ inside campus
Published January 20, 2021 10:08pm An official of the University of the Philippines-Diliman on Wednesday denounced the entry of troops from the 7th Civil Relations Group of the Civil Relations Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines inside the campus to inspect their urban gardening project. The visit was conducted after the Department of National Defense unilaterally abrogated the agreement with the university banning military and police forces inside the campus if there is no coordination. “For us talaga, it was, para sa kanila ipakita na puwede na sila na pumasok sa campus and they did that and not just in Arboretum, I think, they also went in Village B,” UP Diliman vice chancellor for community affairs Prof. Aleli Bawagan, PhD said in Chino Gaston’s report on “24 Oras.”