November 18, 2016 saw thousands of people take to the streets in outrage against the clandestine and unsanctioned burial of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. On that day, the University of the Philippines, along with Miriam College and the Ateneo de Manila University, launched a massive indignation rally on Katipunan Avenue to rage against the consecration of one of the world’s most notorious human rights violators as a hero, and the Marcoses’ shameless attempts to return to power bolstered by President Rodrigo Duterte’s unabashed support for the burial.

Certainly, Duterte’s pandering to the Marcoses aligns with a long history of pandering by previous administrations that have done little to nothing to call the dictator and his cronies to account for their crimes during Martial Law throughout their regimes. Twelve years under two Aquinos, six years under Fidel Ramos, three years under Erap Estrada, and nine years under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo did nothing to prosecute any of the Marcoses for their corruption and complicity in the atrocities of the Martial Law era; nor to demand the return of the ill-gotten wealth that the Marcoses had stolen from the people; nor even to give justice to the victims of Martial Law. Any of the administrations after the dictatorship had opportunities to thwart the Marcoses’ unquenchable political ambitions, but instead they allowed the family to creep back into positions of power without any admission of guilt. Today, it is Duterte’s hand in the Supreme Court ruling that represents the most blatant negation of the Filipino people’s struggle against the tyrant, producing the conditions of possibility for the gross historical revisionism at present enabling the return of Marcoses to power.

Duterte’s campaign promises of pro-people changes remain insubstantial in the face of the only promise he has so far fulfilled with inflexible conviction: the burial of a dictator and criminal as a hero. In the face of this severe betrayal of the people’s will, his anti-corruption platform loses mettle. His war on drugs, which has only resulted in extra-judicial killings of many civilians and innocents, translates his peace and security promises as a vicious attack on the poor and disempowered. The continuation of the killings of lumad leaders and the occupation of lumad schools by army battalions in Mindanao — not to mention the unspeakable violence of state policemen at the US embassy rally in which lumad lakbayani and activists declared support for an independent foreign policy — casts doubt on the sincerity of his pronouncements to pursue the peace process and a true independent foreign policy. These present issues which threaten to revert power back to tyrants returns UP to its unbending commitment to being a bastion of resistance against dictatorships. The UP has had a long tradition of fighting against tyranny, and it will not fail now to stand at the helm of the fight against these real threats to our democracy and the pursuit of justice.

We, the undersigned faculty, express our support for the renewed iteration of the people’s stand against tyranny and gross historical revisionism. Let us continue to rage against the Supreme Court’s reversal of the people’s judgement in ousting Marcos. Let us hold Duterte accountable for allowing the burial of a fake hero! Reject and oppose Duterte’s alliance with the Marcoses! Oppose the return of the unrepentant Marcoses to power! Marcos is no hero! Never again to Martial Law! Never again! Never forget!

FACULTY SIGNATORIES

1. Aileen Salonga – College of Arts and Letters
2. Althea Enriquez – College of Arts and Letters
3. Alvin Ancheta – College of Social Science and Philosophy
4. Alwin C. Aguirre – College of Arts and Letters
5. Anna Maria Yglopaz – College of Arts and Letters
6. Anna Marie Sibayan – College of Arts and Letters
7. Anna Melinda Testa -De Ocampo – College of Arts and Letters
8. April Perez – College of Arts and Letters
9. Arriane Crystal Velasco – College of Science
10. Arlyn Macapinlac – College of Social Science and Philosophy
11. Armand Salvador B. Mijares – Director –  UP Archeological Studies Program
12. Arrianne Crystal Velasco – College of Science
13. Audrey Mirasol – College of Arts and Letters
14. Aura Abiera – College of Arts and Letters
15. Banaue Miclat-Janssen – College of Arts and Letters
16. Bemboy Niño Subosa – College of Engineering
17. Benjamin I. Cabangis – College of Fine Arts
18. Bernadette Neri – College of Arts and Letters
19. Camillo Nogoy – College of Arts and Letters
20. Carl Joseph Jamosin – College of Science
21. Carlo Francisco E. Adajar – College of Science
22. Carlos P. Tatel – College of Social Science and Philosophy
23. Casiana Blanca J. Villarino – College of Home Economics
24. Conchitina Cruz – College of Arts and Letters
25. Corazon Ericka Mae Itang – College of Science
26. Corazon Villareal – College of Arts and Letters
27. Czarina Agcaoili – UP Integrated School
28. Dan Anthony Dorado, – School of Library and Information Studies
29. Danielle P. Ochoa – College Social Science and Philosophy
30. Danilo Arao – College of Mass Communication
31. Daryl Q. Granario – College of Science
32. Ebinezer R. Florano – National College of Public Administration and Governance
33. Edna Marcil Martinez – College of Music
34. Edwehna Elinore S. Paderna – College of Education
35. Eileen Legaspi Ramirez – College of Arts and Letters
36. Elizabeth De Castro – College of Social Science and Philosophy
37. Erwin Thaddeus Bautista – College of Arts and Letters
38. Eufracio Abaya – College of Education
39. Excelsa Tongson – College of Home Economics
40. Farah Cunanan – College of Social Science and Philosophy
41. Fidel Nemenzo – College of Science
42. Frances Jane Abao – College of Arts and Letters
43. Gemino Abad, Professor Emeritus – College of Arts and Letters
44. Gerardo Lanuza – College Social Science and Philosophy
45. Giovanni A. Tapang – College of Science
46. Gonzalo Campoamor – College of Arts and Letters
47. Grace Gorospe Jamon  – University of the Philippines Diliman – Extension Program in Pampanga
48. Gregorio E. H. del Pilar – College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
49. Hazel Arceo – College of Science
50. Heidi Abad – College of Arts and Letters
51. Herald Vergara – College of Science
52. Igor Cabbab – School of Library and Information Studies
53. Isabela Mooney – College of Arts and Letters
54. Isabelita Reyes – College of Arts and Letters
55. Iyra Buenrostro-Cabbab – School of Library and Information Studies
56. Jaclyn Marie L. Cauayan – College of Education
57. Jacob Noel Inguito – College of Science
58. Jayson Petras – College of Arts and Letters
59. Jeanine Arias – College of Science
60. Jennifer Ozoa – College of Arts and Letters
61. Joanne Manzano – College of Arts and Letters
62. Jocelyn Cuaresma – National College of Public Administration and Governance
63. Johann Frederick A. Cabbab – School of Library and Information Studies
64. Jose Carlo de Pano – College of Arts and Letters
65. Jose Dalisay – College of Arts and Letters
66. Jose Maria Balmaceda – Dean – College of Science
67. Jose S. Buenconsejo – Dean – College of Music
68. Julienne Baldo-Cubelo – College of Mass Communication
69. Julius Basilla – College of Science
70. Kerby Alvarez – College Social Science and Philosophy
71. Kristine Marie Reynaldo – College of Arts and Letters
72. Larissa Mae Suarez – College of Arts and Letters
73. Leonardo Rosete Dean – College of Fine Arts
74. Lily Rose Tope – College of Arts and Letters
75. Lisa Ito-Tapang – College of Fine Arts
76. Liza Escoto-Ramos – College of Arts and Letters
77. Louie Arelvi Villanueva – College of Engineering
78. Louise Jashil Sonido – College of Arts and Letters
79. Louyzza Maria Victoria Vasquez – College of Arts and Letters
80. Lucky Galvez – College of Science
81. Luna Sicat-Cleto – College of Arts and Letters
82. Ma. Theresa Payongayong – College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
83. Manolo Sicat – College of Fine Arts
84. Manuel Victor J. Sapitula – College Social Science and Philosophy
85. Maria Cynthia Rose Banzon – College of Social Science and Philosophy
86. Maria Fe Villamejor-Mendoza -Dean – National College of Public Administration and Governance
87. Maria Lorena Santos – College of Arts and Letters
88. Maria Mangahas – College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
89. Maria Rhodora Ancheta – College of Arts and Letters
90. Marichu Lambino – College of Mass Communication
91. Marie Aubrey Villaceran – College of Arts and Letters
92. Marie-Therese Agustin – Virata School of Business
93. Marikit Uychoco – College of Arts and Letters
94. Marilyn Canta – College of Arts and Letters
95. Marivic Raquiza – National College of Public Administration and Governance
96. Mark Philip Ona – College of Science
97. Marot Nelmida-Flores – College of Arts and Letters
98. Mary Grace Concepcion – College of Arts and Letters
99. Mary Jane Rodriguez – College of Arts and Letters
100. Melania Flores – College of Arts and Letters
101. Mercedes Planta – College Social Science and Philosophy
102. Micaela Atienza – College of Arts and Letters
103. Michael L. Tan – Chancellor – UP Diliman
104. Miguela Mena Dean Asian Institute of Tourism
105. Minerva Baylon – College of Science
106. Mykel Andrada – College of Arts and Letters
107. Naidyl Isis Bautista – College of Arts and Letters
108. Nancy K. Gabriel – College of Arts and Letters
109. Nestor Castro – Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs – College Social Science and Philosophy
110. Niel Kenneth Jamandre – College of Arts and Letters
111. Nina Elisa Constantino – College of Fine Arts
112. Nina Rachel V. Agcaoili – College of Arts and Letters
113. Nina Elisa Constantino – College of Fine Arts
114. Odine de Guzman – College of Arts and Letters
115. Oscar T. Serquina – College of Arts and Letters
116. Paco Adajar – College of Science
117. Patricia May B. Jurilla – College of Arts and Letters
118. Patrick Campos – College of Mass Communication
119. Pauline Hernando – College of Arts and Letters
120. Purissima Benitez-Johannot – College of Arts and Letters
121. Ramon Guillermo – College of Arts and Letters
122. Raniela Barbaza – College of Arts and Letters
123. Regina Gochuico – College of Arts and Letters
124. Renier Mendoza – College of Science
125. Rhoda Wani-Obias – College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
126. Ricardo Jose – College of Social Sciences and Philosophy
127. Ricardo Ma. Nolasco – College Social Science and Philosophy
128. Rizalinda de Leon – College of Engineering
129. Roland Tolentino – College of Mass Communications
130. Rolando Perez – College of Science
131. Romanlito S. Austria – College of Fine Arts
132. Rommel Rodriguez – College of Arts and Letters
133. Roorkee Ong – College of Arts and Letters
134. Roselle Pineda – College of Arts and Letters
135. Sandra Nicole Roldan – College of Arts and Letters
136. Sarah Lumba-Tajonera – College of Arts and Letters
137. Sarah Raymundo – Center for International Studies
138. Sari Dalena – College of Mass Communication
139. Sharehann T. Lucman – College of Education
140. Sharon Pangilinan – College of Arts and Letters
141. Sir Anril P. Tiatco – College of Arts and Letters
142. Sofia Guillermo – College of Arts and Letters
143. Temario Rivera C. (retired) – College of Social Science and Philosophy
144. Teresa Montes – College of Music
145. Teresita Maceda – Professor Emeritus – College of Arts and Letters
146. Tessa Maria Guazon – College of Arts and Letters
147. Thelma Magcuro – College of Social Work and Community Development
148. Thomas Herald Vergara – College of Science
149. Tim Ong – College of Arts and Letters
150. Toinette Raquiza – UP Asian Center
151. U Eliserio – College of Arts and Letters
152. Ulpiano Ignacio – College of Engineering
153. Ulyses Solon, Jr.  – College of Science
154. Victor Aricheta – College of Science
155. Vincent Chistopher A. Santiago – College Social Science and Philosophy
156. Vladimeir Gonzalez – College of Arts and Letters
157. Wena Festin – University of the Philippines Diliman – Extension Program in Pampanga
158. Wystan De la Pena – College of Arts and Letters
159. Yvette Alcazar – College of Education
160. Yvonne T. Chua – College of Mass Communication