This was the statement of Makabayan-Nacionalista senatorial candidate and Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza, hitting the Arroyo administration's low budget prioritization of education in the past fiscal years, as well as the cuts in the budget of the state colleges and universities.
Makabayan-Nacionalista senatorial candidate Liza Maza called on the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Board of Regents to junk the proposal to increase the students' tuition by almost 2000%, in a press conference sponsored by Kabataan Party-list on Tuesday.
Nacionalista-Makabayan senatorial candidate and Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza today supported the walk-out of students of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines to decry the proposed almost 2,000 percent tuition increase in the University.