{"id":275736,"date":"2020-11-17T20:31:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T01:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=275736"},"modified":"2020-11-17T20:31:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T01:31:38","slug":"duterte-threatens-to-cut-up-funding-if-students-skip-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/17\/duterte-threatens-to-cut-up-funding-if-students-skip-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte threatens to cut UP funding if students skip class"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over the 48th Cabinet Meeting at Malaca\u00f1an Palace on October 12, 2020. The president called a meeting to discuss pressing issues and updates from government agencies. ALBERTO ALCAIN\/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night threatened to slash the funding of the University of the Philippines (UP) if students skipped classes to join rallies.<\/p>\n

In a taped speech, Duterte told students to stop schooling if they were there to supposedly be recruited by communist rebels.<\/p>\n

\u201cIyong mga eskwelahan,<\/em>\u00a0UP? Fine.\u00a0Maghinto kayo ng aral<\/em>\u00a0(Schools, UP? Stop schooling). I will stop the funding,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President said students didn\u2019t know better than to join anti-government protests.<\/p>\n

\u201cNandiyan \u2018yan, wala na ginawa itong ano kundi mag<\/em>-recruit\u00a0ng mga komunista diyan. Tapos nag-aaral kayo, ang gusto ninyong binibira ang gobyerno. Masyado namang nakasuwerte kayo. Huwag talaga kayong matakot \u2013 manakot<\/em>\u00a0rather,\u00a0kasi<\/em>\u00a0I will oblige you (That\u2019s already there, they have done nothing except to recruit communists. You go to school then criticize the government. You\u2019re too lucky. Don\u2019t threaten me because I will oblige),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte also slammed students from Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) for threatening to go on a mass strike until the government assists communities affected by recent typhoons.<\/p>\n

He said ADMU students should also stop schooling and make better use of their time.<\/p>\n

\u201cStop schooling. That will save money for your parents. Better make use of your time anywhere,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

He told them to allow the national government to do its job in responding to calamities and the health crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are taking the cudgels of the poor ahead of your time. That is not your worry. That is the worry of government.\u00a0Kami, sabi ko, nagtatrabaho kami.<\/em>\u00a0Government workers\u00a0kami<\/em>\u00a0(I said, we\u2019re working. We\u2019re government workers),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

He defended the government\u2019s typhoon response, daring them to wait for the next typhoon and check on the assistance given.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’d suggest you stop schooling. Until\u00a0mabakunahan lahat ng Pilipino<\/em>\u00a0(until every Filipino is inoculated with a vaccine), you resume your duty. And you wait for another typhoon and see if the help that we extend is enough to your satisfaction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

ADMU students earlier planned to \u201cwithhold the submission of any school requirements\u201d to condemn the government\u2019s supposed \u201ccriminally neglectful response\u201d to recent typhoons that hit the country and the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque warned these students that they might not graduate if they refused to submit their academic requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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