De Vera said that as BOR chair, he intended to call the attention of the regents on the matter. However, whether De Leon would be asked to explain herself in the next BOR meeting was up to UP President Danilo Concepcion, he stressed. ADVERTISEMENTDe Leon pointed out that her brother, Bayani Lontok, was shot dead during martial law while fighting for farmers’ rights. “He was killed because he espoused a different way and a different ideology from those in power then,” she said. “If I were to engineer or even wish the downfall of any person, then I would be no different than my brother’s killers,” she added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 18, 2018 21:33 UTC