PINAGPILITAN ng kampo ni presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos na mayroong degree mula sa University of Oxford ang dating senador.
“We stand by the degree confirmation which was issued by the University of Oxford. It is up to anyone to question or challenge this with the said university if they so please,” ayon sa kalatas na inilabas ng chief of staff ni Marcos na si Atty. Victor Rodriguez.
Naglabas ng statement ang kampo ni Marcos makaraang ihayag ng Oxford Philippines Society, grupo ng mga Pilipino na nag-aaral at nagtapos sa University of Oxford, ang kanilang pagkabahala sa kumakalat na “misinformation” ukol sa academic achievements ni Marcos.
“Bongbong Marcos did not obtain a Degree from Oxford, as confirmed by the University itself,” ayon sa grupo.
Sinabi naman ni Rodriguez na hindi nagsisinungaling si Marcos dahil “(he) has always been forthright on his conferment of a special diploma in social studies by the distinguished university and has never misrepresented his Oxford education.”
Pero iginiit ng Oxford Philippines Society na ang “special diploma is not a course of higher education leading to an undergraduate or first degree or even a master’s degree.”
“Bongbong Marcos did not finish his Degree… Bongbong Marcos has been awarded with a Special Diploma in Social Studies in 1978. A Special Diploma is not a degree, and neither is it comparable, superior nor equivalent to one,” dagdag nito. –A. Mae Rodriguez
