FEU Students staged a protest Wednesday to FEU Administration condemning the recently reported harassment to FEU Faculty Association (FEUFA) president Joey Ting, infamously dubbed as ‘Martial Law in FEU’.
Ironically, the protest coincided with the week-long celebration of FEU’s 82nd founding anniversary. It was reported that Dean Adelaida Fronda of Office of Student Affairs and Community Services (OSACS) was disappointed with the said rally.
A statement from Anakbayan-National Capital Region said:
“We stand firm with the students and the faculty in condemning the attacks on our democratic rights!
What happened to Mr. Ting was not the first time this kind of incident happened in FEU. Students who are members of FEU chapters of progressive organizations have long been the subject of harassments from the administration and its security personnel. Several times have our members been subjected to threats and intimidations because of their pro-student and pro-people advocacies. This recent incident has clearly showed us that the FEU Administration will stop at nothing in harassing advocates of students’ and teachers’ rights. It clearly showed us that they will let no one stand in their way of gaining super-profits, not students, not even elected faculty officials; they have showed us that they will deal with any opposition in whatever forms they deem necessary, be it intimidation or physical attack.
The sudden employment of ex-military men as security officers underscores this fact and also presents itself as a start of this intensified campus repression, this also threatens what little academic freedom FEU students and faculty members still enjoy. The incident poses itself as a fearful precedent.”
As of this posting, there is no official statement yet from FEU officials. We all hope that this issue will be resolved soon.
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