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==Later years==
Since 2002, Sarmiento had served as a member of the Board of Regents of the [[University of the Philippines]].<ref>{{cite web |title=New Members of the Board of Regents |url=http://www.up.edu.ph/oldforum/2002/Mar02/officials.html |work=UP Forum Online |publisher=University of the Philippines |date=2002-04-17 |accessdate=2008-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122200038/http://up.edu.ph/oldforum/2002/Mar02/officials.html |archive-date=2009-01-22 |dead-url=yes |df= }}</ref> In 2004, he was among the candidates for appointment as President of the University of the Philippines.<ref>{{cite news |author=Max Soliven |title=Not Enough |url=http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/ht/ht004650.htm |work=By The Way |publisher=Philippine Star & Philippine Headline News Online |date=2004-10-07 |accessdate=2008-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051216144246/http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/ht/ht004650.htm |archive-date=2005-12-16 |dead-url=yes |df= }}</ref>
However, his membership in the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines was marked with controversy, when he protested the election of UP-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) Director Jose Gonzalez, by questioning the legality of the vote of Student Regent Charisse Banez because of her pending application for residency, thus questioning her representation in the Board of Regents and finally replacing the PGH Director and ouster of the Student Regent. But according to the records of his appointment by the President of the Republic of the Philippines, his term as Regent is already expired along with the 2 Malacanang Appointees. It is speculated, that his decision to question the status of the Student Regent is politically motivated because the other nominees are close to President Gloria-Macapagal Arroyo and they will continue the private leasing of the Faculty Medical Arts building in the UP-Philippine General Hospital to the Daniel Mercado Medical Center, a private hospital owned by a UP alumnus in Tanauan, Batangas, while Dr. Jose Gonzales wants to revoke the agreement because, it will not benefit the poor patients of the hospital but it will jumpstart commercialization of the UP-PGH. Now, his actions hound his reputation as a Martial Law activist.
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