14 September 2005
State university president apologizes to media
LINGAYEN – The president of the Pangasinan State University has apologized for the arrogance and misbehavior of his security personnel towards some media men who were covering an affair inside his school sometime last July.
Dr. Rodolfo Asanion, president of the PSU, e-mailed his apology to a staff member of another newspaper, more than one month after the incident where representatives of various media organizations were refused entry into the university.
It was learned that media men were invited to the university by House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. who was to deliver a speech and inaugurate a new two-storey information technology building which he helped build for the university.
The offended media men issued a strongly worded manifesto sent to Asanion and various media groups and organizations to which they were affiliated denouncing the brusque treatment of the university against them and threatened to boycott any activity of the university henceforth.
Asanion said he had the chief of the Blue Eagle Security investigated for his misconduct but disowned any involvement in the incident, saying that it was no longer his (Asanion’s) immediate responsibility to oversee the security service at that time.
“It is very unfortunate and unfair to note that the alleged incompetence and arrogance of the security officer is attributed to me in relation to the controversial issues, which my detractors have been using in their concerted efforts to destroy my credibility and integrity,” the PSU president said.
“I just wish to be given a fair shake, a process which is most common among officers and gentlemen, he requested.
Dr. Rodolfo Asanion, president of the PSU, e-mailed his apology to a staff member of another newspaper, more than one month after the incident where representatives of various media organizations were refused entry into the university.
It was learned that media men were invited to the university by House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. who was to deliver a speech and inaugurate a new two-storey information technology building which he helped build for the university.
The offended media men issued a strongly worded manifesto sent to Asanion and various media groups and organizations to which they were affiliated denouncing the brusque treatment of the university against them and threatened to boycott any activity of the university henceforth.
Asanion said he had the chief of the Blue Eagle Security investigated for his misconduct but disowned any involvement in the incident, saying that it was no longer his (Asanion’s) immediate responsibility to oversee the security service at that time.
“It is very unfortunate and unfair to note that the alleged incompetence and arrogance of the security officer is attributed to me in relation to the controversial issues, which my detractors have been using in their concerted efforts to destroy my credibility and integrity,” the PSU president said.
“I just wish to be given a fair shake, a process which is most common among officers and gentlemen, he requested.
