Ateneo presidents issue a call for solidarity with Myanmar

The presidents of all Ateneo universities in the Philippines issued today, 10 March 2021, a statement in support of Myanmar, as the country faces a bloody political crisis.

"Myanmar cannot be left in isolation. We must dream with the peoples of Myanmar. We must labor in pain with them, in struggling for the restoration of democracy and in fighting for the protection, respect and fulfillment of human dignity. With them, we imagine a future of peace, freedom and justice. We unite our call to theirs for the cessation of military brutality. We stand for them and with them because in our one humanity and as one ASEAN family, we are brothers and sisters all," the collective statement read.

It was signed by Fr. Roberto C. Yap, SJ, president of Ateneo de Manila University; Fr. Roberto N. Rivera, SJ, president of Ateneo de Naga University; Fr. Mars P. Tan, SJ, president of Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan; Fr. Joel E. Tabora SJ, president of Ateneo de Davao University; and Fr. Karel S. San Juan, SJ, president of Ateneo de Zamboanga University.

The full statement is available here.