By MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said he was “disheartened” by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s veto of the National Polytechnic University (NPU) bill.
The bill would have granted the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) national university status, similar to that of the University of the Philippines (UP).
“I am disheartened to learn that our measure, the revised charter of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, has been vetoed by Malacañang,” Zubiri said in a statement Saturday.
“We have been fighting for a long time to have the PUP be upgraded and institutionalized as our National Polytechnic University, which would have granted them fiscal and academic autonomy and allowed them to provide a higher standard of tertiary education,” he added.
