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May 6, 2001, 03:43 PM
Sen. Santiago not invited to UP Collegian reunion
Posted: 10:08 PM (Manila Time) | May 05, 2001
By Alcuin Papa
Inquirer News Service
SHE blazed a trail by becoming the first female editor in chief of the University of the Philippines’ official student publication, but she’ll be the odd person out if she shows up at a homecoming-reunion of its ex-editors and writers this month.
All former staffers of the Philippine Collegian “except Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago” are invited to attend the reunion set on May 18, 2001 7 p.m., at the Bahay ng Alumni in the UP Diliman campus, according to a press release sent to the INQUIRER yesterday.
Outgoing Collegian editor in chief Herbert Docena, one of the reunion organizers, cited three reasons for excluding the controversial senator.
He said these were:
· Her “arrogant action” during Joseph Estrada’s impeachment trial, wherein she ordered the Senate sergeant at arms to evict three spectators from the gallery for looking at her “provocatively.”
· Her voting along with 10 other senator-judges, against the opening at the trial of the second envelope containing evidence on Estrada’s alleged “Jose Velarde” bank account.
· Her having allegedly “incited” Estrada supporters massed at Edsa to lay siege on Malacañang.
“We are ashamed to have her as an alumnus. She is an aberration in the history of the Collegian, which has produced principled leaders who make important contributions to society,” Docena told the INQUIRER.
Santiago served as editor in chief of the prestigious student publication in 1968-69. She was then a law student, and even then a high-profile campus figure.
The reelectionist senator has lately hogged the news because of her threat to resist if she is arrested in the course of the government crackdown on alleged plotters against the Macapagal administration.
She accompanied the threat with a public display of a 9mm pistol. Justice Secretary Hernando Perez has since announced that Santiago would not be arrested, and that she was aware of this.
In Davao City, People Power Coalition (PPC) senatorial candidate Ernesto Herrera suggested to reporters that Santiago be taken “like a joke.”
“Can you really stomach her?” he said, lamenting Santiago’s actions and statements in relation to her then impending arrest and on the campaign trail.
“Sayang (It’s a shame) because she is intelligent. But sometimes she can also erupt into something that blurs your impression that she is intelligent,” Herrera told reporters after a press forum at the Philippine Information Agency
yesterday.
Posted: 10:08 PM (Manila Time) | May 05, 2001
By Alcuin Papa
Inquirer News Service
SHE blazed a trail by becoming the first female editor in chief of the University of the Philippines’ official student publication, but she’ll be the odd person out if she shows up at a homecoming-reunion of its ex-editors and writers this month.
All former staffers of the Philippine Collegian “except Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago” are invited to attend the reunion set on May 18, 2001 7 p.m., at the Bahay ng Alumni in the UP Diliman campus, according to a press release sent to the INQUIRER yesterday.
Outgoing Collegian editor in chief Herbert Docena, one of the reunion organizers, cited three reasons for excluding the controversial senator.
He said these were:
· Her “arrogant action” during Joseph Estrada’s impeachment trial, wherein she ordered the Senate sergeant at arms to evict three spectators from the gallery for looking at her “provocatively.”
· Her voting along with 10 other senator-judges, against the opening at the trial of the second envelope containing evidence on Estrada’s alleged “Jose Velarde” bank account.
· Her having allegedly “incited” Estrada supporters massed at Edsa to lay siege on Malacañang.
“We are ashamed to have her as an alumnus. She is an aberration in the history of the Collegian, which has produced principled leaders who make important contributions to society,” Docena told the INQUIRER.
Santiago served as editor in chief of the prestigious student publication in 1968-69. She was then a law student, and even then a high-profile campus figure.
The reelectionist senator has lately hogged the news because of her threat to resist if she is arrested in the course of the government crackdown on alleged plotters against the Macapagal administration.
She accompanied the threat with a public display of a 9mm pistol. Justice Secretary Hernando Perez has since announced that Santiago would not be arrested, and that she was aware of this.
In Davao City, People Power Coalition (PPC) senatorial candidate Ernesto Herrera suggested to reporters that Santiago be taken “like a joke.”
“Can you really stomach her?” he said, lamenting Santiago’s actions and statements in relation to her then impending arrest and on the campaign trail.
“Sayang (It’s a shame) because she is intelligent. But sometimes she can also erupt into something that blurs your impression that she is intelligent,” Herrera told reporters after a press forum at the Philippine Information Agency
yesterday.