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CAMARINES Sur 2nd District Rep. LRay Villafuerte on Tuesday reiterated his commitment to press freedom, stressing he never suppressed the rights of campus and professional journalists as news purveyors in his over 20 years of public service.
"It seems far-fetched for me to take any action... that would undermine press freedom or campus journalism, given that this runs counter to my longtime advocacy for safeguarding press freedom and advancing the welfare of journalists and other members of the media," said Villafuerte in a statement.
The lawmaker made the statement in reaction to an allegation "that he was behind the takedown of a report in The Spark on the result of a campus survey on local candidates."
The Spark is the Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges' (CSPC) official student publication, the statement said.
"In keeping with my advocacy for upholding press freedom and the independence of campus journalism, I recognize the right of student publications to report on developments, including the outcome of local surveys that are conducted with the proper methodology," Villafuerte said.
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