Manila, Jan. 19 -- The Department of National Defense (DND) is looking at scrapping the pacts forged with other schools similar to the newly terminated agreement with the University of the Philippines.
"We are looking into other similar agreements to terminate them as well," Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said in response to a query about agreements with schools where the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) has reportedly infiltrated and recruited students.
Lorenzana said the department can unilaterally scrap the more than 31-year-old agreement with UP without consultation with its officials.
The DND-UP Agreement signed on June 30, 1989 prohibits the military and the police from entering all UP campuses wit...