UP professor, former union leader arrested inside UP campus; groups cite violation of UP-DILG Accord.
AlterMidya said the warrant was issued to Flores last Sept. 6 by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court but did not receive any notice, complaint, or subpoena prior to the apprehension.
Several teacher’s rights groups and university organizations promptly expressed their concern and conducted protests condemning Flores’ arrest as a “violation of UP-Department of the Interior and Local Government Accord of 1992.”Carl Marc Ramota from the UP Office of the Faculty Regent said in a statement that it did not only violate the UP-DILG Accord but as well as Flores’ Miranda rights.
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers -Philippines, in a Facebook post, also stated that Flores’ arrest was an “abominable attack by state security forces against teacher and union leader Professor Flores to harass and intimidate her and violate her basic rights.” “We demand the immediate release of Prof. Melania Flores from detention! We demand accountability for the gross violations of the CIDG-PNP on the rights of Prof. Flores and on the UP-DILG Accord,” it added.She recently finished her term as AUPAEU president last Feb. 3 and is also a National Council member of ACT.
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