READ: Open letter of Jonvic Remulla to Duterte
Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla posted an open letter on his Facebook page addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte over the threat to cut government funding for the University of the Philippines (UP).
Recently, Duterte threatened to defund the state university amid a petition of students for an academic strike.
Among those who reacted on the matter is incumbent Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla.
Here’s the open letter of Jonvic Remulla:
Dear President Rody Duterte:
I pray that you reconsider the threat of defunding UP. It has 24,000 students many of which will contribute to society, the same way as the leaders we have today. Surely their dissent is loud and noticeable but you have to understand: That is the beauty of the University. It brings together great minds and imbeds in them a burning spirit wanting the country to be their version of a better and most progressive society.
They may be considered as “radicals” but 99% of them are well aware that the fire in their spirit which made them seek change burns brighter as they face the burdens of leadership.
I believe that UP produces the BEST and the BRIGHTEST. It also produces the most radical, the most “woke” and the most creative.
It remains one of the few bastions of critical thinking and liberalism not just in the country, but in the world.
That said, the Philippines needs UP. UP also needs the Philippines.
I am forever indebted to the University of the Philippines.
The institution made me a better person. It made me want a better Philippines.
According to him, almost all of his family members/relatives were alumni of the said university.
“In other words: Diehard UP family kaming mga Remulla,” he noted.
Jonvic Remulla even cited politicians who were a product of the University of the Philippines including Governor Chiz Escudero, Congressman Alan Peter Cayetano, Congresswoman Loren Legarda, and Senators Franklin Drilon, Richard Gordon, Imee Marcos, and Cynthia Villar.
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