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).