Reacting on a recent 'viral' photos of a family uprooting stalks of sunflowers on UP, acting director of the UP campus maintenance office Alden Aynera told The STAR in Filipino yesterday “Can’t we discipline ourselves?”
“It’s neither logical nor practical to place guards in the entire length of the avenue just to secure the flowers,” he added. “Signages should have been enough.”
Last week, certain Hazel Lapitan posted pictures of a mother inside her car, with her daughters outside picking up sunflowers in the University of the Philippines, Diliman.
As read on her Facebook Account:
I was taking pictures of the sunflowers in UP this afternoon when I saw a mother and her 3 daughters uprooting stalks of sunflowers.
They weren't just picking the flowers, they took more than 3 stalks of the whole plant and put them in their trunk. Hindi man lang sa likod, dun pa talaga sa harap. Wala ngang dalang pala, hinuhugot lang nila. Sinira pa talaga nila ung mga tanim. Pinagsabihan ko sila na bawal yon pero hindi nila tinigilan.
"Tama ba yang ginagawa niyo? Pwede ba yan?"
"Oo matagal na tong ginagawa ni mommy eh."
The sunflowers have been considered an icon of the university, planted early in the year so that the flowers would bloom in time for the graduation in April. Aynera said the university spends up to P400,000 for the planting and maintenance of the sunflowers.
Source: ABS-CBN
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