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Saturday, October 23, 2004
Court orders city cops to escort AMA studes
By Raquel C. Bagnol
THE Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ordered the San Pedro Police precinct to accompany 48 dismissed students of AMA Computer College in Davao City in going back to school.
Judge Wenceslao Ibabao of RTC Branch 33 issued the order dated October 19 to San Pedro police precinct and lawyer Ranoelo Leonar, counsel of the students, following a three-day temporary restraining order (TRO) granted by executive Judge Paul Arcangel of RTC Branch 12 to protect the student's right to education and freedom of speech.
The students earlier filed a 13-page civil suit for a TRO and damages against the school for illegally dismissing them without factual basis.
They declared the nullity of the resolution, injunction and TRO case against AMA Computer College area director Fortunato Enghog Jr., school director Ernesto Raphael Robillo, and the school's disciplinary board who dismissed them.
The students said Enghog and the school's disciplinary board dismissed them from the school for holding a protest rally in front of the school campus without the necessary permit on October 4.
Their dismissal from AMA is null and void and violates their freedom of expression enshrined in the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the students said.
Enghog, however, said the dismissal of the students was based on a resolution dated October 9 issued by AMA Computer College's Student Disciplinary Tribunal, which states that holding rallies or any related activities or programs without necessary permit from an authorized school officer is a major offense that merits dismissal as provided for in the student handbook.
The students under the leadership of student council president Erickson Guzman demanded that the school indemnify them for moral and exemplary damages.
They claimed that they conducted the rally to protest the 30-day preventive suspension of four regular teachers, the implementation of webcast system (an online mode of teaching) and unresolved issues regarding miscellaneous fees peacefully but they were ordered dismissed from the school without due process.
(October 23, 2004 issue)
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