UPR students convene a full session in Rio Beatrice: “Virtual classes are enough”

Rio Beatros de la Students University of Puerto Rico (UPR) convened a full session next Tuesday, October 12, in which they would like to discuss with others about the process of drafting the Act to implement the Debt Reconciliation Plan.

Various groups of the company called their comrades at the student center on the Rio Beatrice campus at 5:00 p.m.

In connection with this call, in the middle of a concert BJ without loneliness And Los Rivera TestinoHeld outside on Thursday night, a group of students came to the stage with a banner that read, “Let’s get the UPR back.”

“(Plan 1003) We are forced to pay off a corrupt and illegal debt, which we will never accept and will not invest where the money should be invested. However, for the next 30 years we will have to pay it off with less education, less health, less work and fewer rights.” They stole our present and mortgaged our future. “, Mentioned Alondra Belaval, According to several videos posted on social media.

The young woman noted that the cuts made in the UPR budget for more than a decade have had an impact on “fewer teachers, fewer courses and departments, poorer facilities, fewer scholarships and an increase that is not enough. Admission.

“Currently, our campus has only 7% of its face-to-face courses. They want to scatter us, they want to separate us because they are not comfortable discussing, talk about the problems we face as students.… Virtual classes are enough, but we deserve safe and quality face-to-face classes. “He added.

In the middle of the message, the microphone used by the student stopped working. At that moment, the public began to chant the popular slogan: “We are more, we are not afraid.”

Artist BJ Chin Sula later joined the students’ request through a message on his Twitter account.

“There is no PR without U. Education that is accessible to all. 11 brackets. If you are a student, join this full session of your university. # NoAlPC1003 … #YoSinLaUPR I am not today. I fell in love with learning and being active in my community by thanking UPR. I’m not a doctor, I’m not a rapper, I’m not the same“, Wrote.

In addition, Delvin Caraballo, A former representative of the Rio Petras University Board, urged students to attend the full session.

“We are going to participate in organizational and political education sites to save the University of Puerto Rico”He revealed this in a video posted on the student media’s Instagram account.

House Bill 1003 passed Wednesday night Senate With 19 votes of legislators Democratic People’s Party And this New Progressive Party.

As the amendment was approved with amendments, it went back House of Representatives, The legislature was expected to attend a session scheduled for Friday morning.

However, the chairman of the lower house, Raphael “Tatido” HernandezZero cuts in pensions, $ 62 million for municipalities and the Financial Supervision Board (JSF) have said no action will be taken without a written guarantee of compliance with established agreements on resources for UPR.