Some students from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines denounced the move of the Office of the Student Regent and Central Student Council to invite ACT-CIS Partylist Representative Nina Taduran to a webinar.

Taduran was one of the speakers in the “DON’T BREAK MY HEART!” health webinar.

The webinar also featured Dr. Gia Sison and Dr. Fides Maria Aileen Buenafe from the Department of Health.

The students pointed out that Taduran was one of the principal authors of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 which was vehemently condemned by student groups in PUP.

They also questioned why the OSR and CSC gave the lawmaker a platform as she is an “enabler of fascism.”

“Kung tunay na tapat ang PUP SKM sa laban nito hinggil sa Anti-Terror Law, marapat lamang na hindi nito binibigyan pa ng plataporma sa pamamagitan ng hindi pagpayag nitong maging tagapagsalita ang pasistang kongresista  sa gaganapin nilang webinar lalo na’t ang kalusugang tinutukoy nila lalo na sa panahon ng pandemya ay politikal at kaakibat nito ang paglaban ng sambayanan,” the Sandigan ng Mga Mag-aaral para sa Sambayanan PUP said on Facebook.

However, the CSC said that the move was only a matter of advocacy.

“The SKM, together with our partner organizations for this webinar would like to reiterate that this event is solely for our advocacy of promoting the health and well-being of our citizens, and the creation of a smoke-free environment for all,” CSC said on Facebook.

“The SKM remains firm in its position against the Anti-Terrorism Law, and we are one with all student formations and organizations calling for justice to all the victims of red-tagging, illegal arrests, and extrajudicial killings in the Duterte administration,” it added.