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Appendix I It was established through four notarized statements that there were indeed violent acts that occurred, specifically kicking and punching that unfortunately involved the UPSE staff who volunteered to be a marshal. On the other hand, it was inconclusive whether or not coins were thrown -- an official press release by Anakbayan National, where STAND UP Chairperson Charlotte France is cited as a reference, states that there were coins thrown; however, France denied this in the GA further stating that STAND UP is not affiliated with Anakbayan National. Furthermore, during the meeting organized by STAND UP to investigate the incident, members of STAND UP admitted to have thrown papers with a written statement condemning the DAP, but not coins. STAND UP members also stated that they were also hurt during the mobilization. Upon deliberation, the USC decided to be a liaison for one week between the SESC, who demanded accountability from STAND UP in their official statement dated 2014 September 18, and STAND UP as they negotiate on the necessary actions for the resolution of the event. The two aforementioned parties sent their respective representatives to meet on 24th and 26th of September 2014 to discuss their terms. The following were the SESC’s initial demands to STAND UP: 1. Acknowledge via a public statement the fact that two SE staff and one SE student were injured; 2. Issue a public apology for the lapses in the organization of the mobilization that, again, led to the injuries of the UPSE staff and student; 3. A condemnation of the violence that occurred and a public dissociation from parties that may have caused the violence; 4. A public apology for the insulting sentiments released by STAND UP addressing the whole UPSE community (staff, students, and faculty), specifically: • "Unlike the organizers of the forum where Abad spoke, we already knew and believed that the disbursement acceleration program’s unconstitutionality and the Department of Budget and Management’s perennial misallocation of government funds were more than enough reasons for outrage." • "As much as we would want to condemn the organizers of the forum for giving venue to pure government propaganda in defense of the DAP and budget misallocation --- a travesty to the bloodshed by martial law martyrs of these institutions --- we will not." • "Though their multi-perspectivism always fail to respect our militancy, we will wait for the day they realize their myopia and historical amnesia and join the people’s struggle. Their apologies won’t be required."

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Appendix IIt was established through four notarized statements that there were indeed violent acts that occurred, specifically kicking and punching that unfortunately involved the UPSE staff who volunteered to be a marshal. On the other hand, it was inconclusive whether or not coins were thrown -- an official press release by Anakbayan National, where STAND UP Chairperson Charlotte France is cited as a reference, states that there were coins thrown; however, France denied this in the GA further stating that STAND UP is not affiliated with Anakbayan National. Furthermore, during the meeting organized by STAND UP to investigate the incident, members of STAND UP admitted to have thrown papers with a written statement condemning the DAP, but not coins. STAND UP members also stated that they were also hurt during the mobilization. Upon deliberation, the USC decided to be a liaison for one week between the SESC, who demanded accountability from STAND UP in their official statement dated 2014 September 18, and STAND UP as they negotiate on the necessary actions for the resolution of the event. The two aforementioned parties sent their respective representatives to meet on 24th and 26th of September 2014 to discuss their terms.

The following were the SESC’s initial demands to STAND UP:1. Acknowledge via a public statement the fact that two SE staff and one SE student were

injured;2. Issue a public apology for the lapses in the organization of the mobilization that, again,

led to the injuries of the UPSE staff and student;3. A condemnation of the violence that occurred and a public dissociation from parties

that may have caused the violence;4. A public apology for the insulting sentiments released by STAND UP addressing the

whole UPSE community (staff, students, and faculty), specifically:• "Unlike the organizers of the forum where Abad spoke, we already knew and believed that the disbursement acceleration program’s unconstitutionality and the Department of Budget and Management’s perennial misallocation of government funds were more than enough reasons for outrage."

• "As much as we would want to condemn the organizers of the forum for giving venue to pure government propaganda in defense of the DAP and budget misallocation --- a travesty to the bloodshed by martial law martyrs of these institutions --- we will not."

• "Though their multi-perspectivism always fail to respect our militancy, we will wait for the day they realize their myopia and historical amnesia and join the people’s struggle. Their apologies won’t be required."

• “The economics professors’ condemnation means nothing to us. They have done nothing for the development of this country. These vanguards of neoliberalism, the architects of the Third World sinkhole that our country is in today, mean nothing to the people. Actually, we laud these professors for breaking their academic silence and rising from their moral stupor with a statement on this incident when, in our formation’s 18 years of existence, we haven’t heard from them, not even during Estrada’s ouster."; and, finally,

5. Call for the stop of the online bashing.

As the dialogue progressed, the SESC agreed to STAND UP’s bargains of publicly condemning “untoward harms to civilians” instead of “violence” due to differences in each party’s definition of the latter term. The SESC, however, did not agree to STAND UP’s demand of knowing the names of the UPSE staffs who

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were hurt due to the employees requesting for confidentiality. The SESC also did not agree to STAND UP’s demand of seeking accountability from the School of Economics professors. Members of SESC believe that it is beyond their mandate to seek such accountability from their professors.