{"id":151813,"date":"2018-02-08T23:43:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T04:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=151813"},"modified":"2018-02-08T23:43:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T04:43:10","slug":"palace-respects-peoples-right-to-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/08\/palace-respects-peoples-right-to-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace respects people’s right to protest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. ( YANCY LIM\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2014 Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday maintained that peaceful assembly and street protests are allowed as it is part of the full exercise of the people\u2019s right to self-expression.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur position on the right of peaceful assembly and street protest has not wavered. Public displays of constructive criticism, including youth participation in the protest, are allowed as part of the full exercise of the citizens\u2019 right to express their grievances,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press briefing.<\/p>\n

Roque was reacting to an anticipated student rally set on February 23.<\/p>\n

However, the spokesman called on the students not to skip classes and use the rally as an excuse to neglect their studies.<\/p>\n

Roque, nonetheless, added the authorities will observe maximum tolerance and respect the right of the protesters to peaceful assembly as a matter of standard operating procedure.<\/p>\n

Earlier, President Rodrigo Duterte warned University of the Philippines (UP) students that he would let \u201cbright\u201d Lumads take their places in the university if they would continue skipping classes to join protest actions against the administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese UP students who keep on walking out, earlier, they walked out. Okay. Those who don\u2019t want to go to school, get out because I will bring the bright Lumads there, I will enroll them there in UP. A lot of Filipinos want a good education,\u201d Duterte said in Bisaya.<\/p>\n

However, Senator Bam Aquino, the principal sponsor and co-author of RA 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, exclaimed that the government should not use free education as \u201cblackmail\u201d or as \u201chush money\u201d to prohibit students from exercising their right to free expression and dissent.<\/p>\n

\u201cFree college should not be used as an exchange for something. The government should not control the rights of the students in exchange of the free education at public universities and colleges,\u201d Aquino said.<\/p>\n

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