
ABSC prexy signs statement urging youth to unite on martial law anniv
By CRIS EUGENE T. GIANAN ARTLETS Student Council President Rafael Arellano, along with other student leaders, signed on Sunday a statement urging the youth to gather for the United People’s Protest in Luneta on Sept. 21, the 46th anniversary of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ declaration of martial law. The statement denounced the “repressive” policies of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, saying they “refuse to return to another dark era of dictatorship.” “[W]e pledge our deepest commitment to oppose the machinations of another dictatorship under Duterte. On September 21, thousands of youth will take to the streets of Manila and other urban…