Simplify the discussion. What issue do UP denizens raise in the recent termination by Defense chief Delfin Lorenzana of the 1989 UP accord? Academic freedom. And what is academic freedom as referred to in this case? It is the provision of the 1987 Constitution ruled by the Supreme Court in Pimentel v. LEB, 2019 thus: “Four essential freedoms of the university: the right of the institution to determine for itself on academic grounds (a) who may teach; (b) what may be taught; (c) how it shall be taught; and (d) who may be admitted to study.”

Academic freedom is a court-settled matter. It is no longer open to interpretation unless you are talking about changing the Constitution for that purpose.