Medical students take a stand for just and lasting peace
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| Photo credit: Bayan.ph |
Students from different medical schools, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng
Maynila (PLM), St. Luke’s, University of the East Ramon Magsaysay (UERM), University
of the Philippines (UP), and University of Santo Tomas (UST), take a time off
from their tight academic schedule to express their support in pursuing just
and lasting peace. These medical students, with vigor of their youth, firmly
believe that the socioeconomic reforms pursued in peace negotiations would
secure a better future for the Filipino people and the next generation.
“The youth today takes a more proactive role on issues that matter
to us like peace,” said Kevin Javier, medical student and co-convenor of
Prescription for Peace.
In their clamor for a better healthcare system, students from the
medical field strongly urge GRP, who cancelled the talks, to return to the
peace negotiating table with the NDFP to agree upon, implement, and actualize
substantial socioeconomic reforms. This involvement of the medical students
signifies the role of the youth, despite the changing culture and varying
interests, in the progress of social justice and equity in the country.
“More than three decades have passed since EDSA uprising but the upheavals
of the youth and the Filipino people have not changed and will continue until the
root causes of poverty and injustice which breeds war is not yet addressed,”
added Javier.
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