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SENATOR JOHN OSMEñA KILLED UP DREAM, EXEC SAYS
(this is old but still relevant due to current reelection bid of John Osmena.)
Posted: 1:14 AM (Manila Time) Mar. 21, 2004 By Tina Santos Inquirer News Service
UNIVERSITYof the Philippines president Francisco Nemenzo lambasted Senator John Osmeña for blocking the passage of Senate Bill 2587, which would have given way to a more responsive state university. The Senate adjourned without passing the bill or even bringing to a vote the proposed measure that would have led to the revision of the UP Charter for the first time since its founding in 1908. Nemenzo expressed dismay over the manner by which it was doomed to die on the Senate floor, largely on the account of Osmena's objections and demands. He said the shelving of the bill on the Senate's adjournment dashed all hopes of bringing the UP Charter into the 21st century. The UP president said the bill did not only seek to develop the institution as a state university but as a Philippine university with academic standards of excellence competitive with those of national universities in the region. The bill seeks, among other things, to empower the Board of Regents, UP's highest policy-making body, to enter into joint venture agreements with the private sector in developing university property.
The university's students and employees claimed the provision may lead to the "commercialization of education," and eventually to the sale of the UP to private companies. In a letter to the Inquirer, Nemenzo, stressed that the bill would have allowed UP to pay realistic salaries, improve its system of governance and generate more resources to augment its budget.
On March 4, Osmeña came out with a paid newspaper advertisement and said that the bill was not a "legislative gift to the university but merely represents a juicy retirement check for the overstaying UP president." In his letter, Nemenzo retorted to the senator's statement saying, "There is nothing sinister about this bill. But his long immersion in trapo (traditional politics) culture -- in which he deserves an honorary doctorate -- has made him (Osmeña) thoroughly cynical, believing that everyone thinks like him."
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