This undated file photo shows National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr.

The STAR / Geremy Pintolo, file

 

MANILA, Philippines — National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperson Jr. on Wednesday blamed school administrations for student-initiated calls to walk out of their classes in protest of a projected election win for Ferdinand Marcos Jr., under whose father student activists were arrested, tortured and killed.

 

Speaking at the Kapihan sa Manila Bay on Wednesday afternoon, Esperon tagged the academic walkout calls as being "dangerous" for the youth, saying these would make schools vulnerable to recruitment by the New People's Army. 

 

It was student governments of the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University, Far Eastern University and the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, however, that issued the call to walkout when the election trends became clear.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/05/11/2180356/esperon-wrongly-tags-school-admins-over-student-calls-walkout

 

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