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Militants asked administrators to
open universities for Chacha debates

Aside from parish doors, the anti-Charter Change group Pamalakaya on Wednesday urged administrators of different universities nationwide to open their schools for the education of the public on the proposed people’s initiative in amending the 1987 Constitution.

“ As personnel of higher learning, bearers of academic freedom and watchdogs for public interest, the country’s public and private universities should be opened for public discussion on the evils and sinister motives of the bogus people’s initiatives,” Pamalakaya information officer Gerry Albert Corpuz said in a press statement.

Corpuz initially identified the following schools for the through discussion and debate on Charter Change- the University of the Philippines and the entire UP system, the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), the University of the Sto. Tomas (UST), the De La Salle University, St. Scholastica’s College and the Philippine Normal University (PNU).

“ These schools can initiate an “ open university campaign” for the no holds bar discussion on the immorality, illegality and unconstitutionality of Chacha. They can also act as anti-Chacha centers to gather more signatures from the members of the academe and intensify the people’s fight against the diabolical Chacha,” Corpuz added.

The Pamalakaya’s information chief also encouraged other private schools and state colleges and universities in Metro Manila and other parts of the country to allow lengthy discussions on the devastating impact of the proposed revision of the 19-year old charter.

“ If we want the truth to set us free, then let us open our doors for the carriers of truth to come in and bring the good news,” Corpuz said, stressing that the “ fake people’s initiative will be challenged by militant groups and other anti-Arroyo and anti-Chacha groups and personalities in the parliament of the streets, in any regular or appropriate court and in the court of public opinion.

Pamalakaya said among the contentious and objectionable recommendations carried out by the people’s initiative mode are the postponement of the 2007 national election and the lifting of term limits for elected officials, while allowing President Arroyo to serve in transition until 2010, allowing foreign companies 100 foreign ownership of land, including media, public utilities, natural resources and educational institutions, the massacre of civil liberties, removal of provisions on nuclear weapons and foreign troops and removal of provisions that limit the martial powers of the president.

“ The Chacha will make President Arroyo and her political gangland, the most powerful political syndicate across the country leaving civil liberties and political rights of our people at their mercy. History is calling us to take up the challenge and fight this evil project of the Arroyo ruling mafia in Malacañang,” the group said.

" This is the reason why President Arroyo is moving heaven and earth to make her impossible dream a political reality at the expense of everybody's rights and welfare. The people of heaven and earth stop her from doing her own project for political salvation," Pamalakaya said.

Earlier, Pamalakaya’s mother organization, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) called on the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to open their parishes nationwide for the massive education of people on the proposed people’s initiative. #

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