A special emergency general assembly was called at the College of Mass Communication this afternoon despite the suspension of classes. And despite the fact that the information was passed only through text messaging, quite a number of students and faculty turned up. The auditorium was packed.

A short discussion on Gloria Arroyo’s Proclamation No. 1017 came ahead. Then the assembly came up with a collective statement regarding the matter. Basically, the college insists that it will continue fighting the administration’s efforts to suppress the freedom of the press and demands that the President lift the ‘decree’ that only aims to protect the President from hounds of legitimate grievances and to strengthen and lengthen her stay in power.

There was also some sort of talks about forming a CMC crisis committee just in case some students and faculty of the college or of the university suddenly disappear amidst the government’s intensifying crackdown on Gloria Arroyo’s dissenters.

The University Council will apparently meet tomorrow to further discuss how the university will collectively react to this crisis.