AFP names Metro schools allegedly organized by Reds for ‘Red October’
A military official on Wednesday identified Metro Manila schools where the Communist Party of the Philippines is allegedly recruiting and organizing students for the so-called “Red October” plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte.
AFP Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Brig. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., tagged the following schools:
University of the Philippines Diliman
University of the Philippines Manila
Polytechnic University of the Philippines- Sta. Mesa
Ateneo de Manila University
De La Salle University
University of Santo Tomas
Adamson University
Far Eastern University
University of the East- Recto
University of the East – Caloocan
Emilio Aguinaldo College
Earist-Eulogio Amang Rodriguez
San Beda University
Lyceum University
University of Makati
Caloocan City College
University of Manila
Philippine Normal University
At a Senate budget hearing on Tuesday, AFP chief of staff Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr. said communist rebels are recruiting students in some Metro Manila schools for the alleged ouster plot.
While he did not name the universities, Galvez said the communists are conducting an “information drive” to show the youth the “different approaches during the Marcos regime and equate that to the present administration.”
The AFP added that the “broad coalition plot” started last Sept. 21 and will continue until the CPP’s 50th founding anniversary in December.
“They will use the existing issues including inflation. And also, they’re painting the government that it will have what they call a dictatorship and tyranny,” he said.
Parlade said the communists have been recruiting students for a long time but the ongoing recruitment has been “heightened.”
“Ini-incite nila ang mga estudyante na mag alsa dahil nga dito sa mga issues ng EJK (extrajudicial killings),” he told reporters.
(They are inciting students to protest over the issues of extrajudicial killings).
