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Lorenzana defends decision to terminate DND-UP pact: “Times, circumstances have changed”

(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday, January 19, defended his decision to terminate an agreement with the University of the Philippines that requires government security troops to notify UP officials prior to their operations inside the campus. In defending his move, Lorenzana noted that the agreement forged in 1989 had become “obsolete” and that “times and circumstances have changed..” He noted UP “has become the breeding ground of intransigent individuals and groups […]