#epalwatch: Stop construction on a historical site in Krus na Ligas, UP Diliman

via facebook.com/nomoreepal

The NO MORE EPAL MOVEMENT strongly supports the community of Barangay Krus na Ligas in UP Diliman, Quezon City, in their resistance against the intent of their Barangay Captain Julian Santos to construct a building right on Plaza Sta. Ines in front of their parish church. The construction plan, backed by Quezon City Councilor Vincent Belmonte, is being pushed down the throats of the Krus na Ligas residents, who value their plaza as the only public space available in their barangay.

The Barangay Chairman intends to push through with this completely unpopular plan despite:

- The significance of the plaza and church to the history of nation-building—not only to local history; - The congested character of the Barangay, which makes the plaza their irreplaceable, non-negotiable common open space; - The clear public rejection of impunity on the part of the Barangay leader; o The obvious lack of merit of a construction project in a barangay that already has an under-utilized barangay hall; - The shadow of doubt hovering over the Barangay Chairman, who owns a construction company—a company, moreover, that has accepted part of a barangay construction project, in clear dismissal of conflict of interest considerations; and - The community’s arguments against this exercise of impunity by their local leader.

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