Manila, Jan. 20 -- A resolution seeking a congressional inquiry on the unilateral abrogation by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana of the Department of National Defense-University of the Philippines (DND-UP) Agreement of 1989 has been filed at the House of Representatives.
Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman led the filing on Tuesday of House Resolution No. 1490 urging the House Committee on Human Rights to immediately conduct an inquiry on the unilateral termination of the accord, which protects and upholds the autonomy and academic freedom of UP from military and police operations without prior notification to and coordination with concerned UP officials.
Quezon City Rep. Christopher Belmonte, Iloilo Rep. Lorenz Defensor, and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos...