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PLM decries accusation of on-campus rebel recruitment

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Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA – The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) has denounced an allegation by a military official that the university was a hotbed of communist recruitment.</p><p>“The PLM administration is not aware of any recruitment by the CPP-NPA (Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army) on campus nor had it been previously advised by the authorities of such activities,” PLM President Emmanuel Leyco said late Sunday in a Facebook post.</p><p>Leyco said the claims made by Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, who serves as spokesperson for the government’s anti-communist insurgency task force, are an “insult” to the PLM community, especially to students “who are being prepared to join the country’s future leaders in business, government and civil society.”</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/PoPLMLeyco/posts/1352994771720683" data-width="auto"> </div><p>“This allegation is a serious disservice to the men and women of the PLM and comes at a very bad time when its faculty, students and staff are struggling with the challenges of online education,” Leyco said.</p><p>“Such distraction in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is indeed reprehensible,” he added.</p><p>Over the weekend, Parlade named 18 colleges and universities, mostly based in Metro Manila, that allegedly serve as recruitment havens for the communist insurgency.</p><p>The Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, Far Eastern University and University of Santo Tomas have also refuted Parlade’s accusation.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/24/21/several-universities-blast-parlade-claim-campuses-are-npa-recruitment-havens">Several universities blast AFP claim campuses are NPA ‘recruitment havens’</a></li></ul><p>The statements come after the Department of National Defense unilaterally abrogated an agreement with the University of the Philippines (UP) regulating police and military operations inside UP campuses.</p><p>Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the 1989 pact has been used by the CPP and NPA as a “shield” for their on-campus recruitment, an allegation denied by UP authorities and other members of the community.</p><p>In 2018, Parlade claimed 18 schools in Manila were tapped by communists to join the alleged “Red October” plot against President Rodrigo Duterte.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/03/18/afp-bares-metro-manila-schools-linked-to-red-october">AFP bares Metro Manila schools linked to &#x27;Red October&#x27;</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bqWh0w7oUqw?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila has denounced an allegation by a military official that its school was a hotbed of communist recruitment.</p>

The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila has denounced an allegation by a military official that its school was a hotbed of communist recruitment.

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PLM decries accusation of on-campus rebel recruitment

Jaehwa Bernardo,

ABS-CBN News

Published January 25, 2021 08:31 PM PHT

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Updated January 26, 2021 01:01 AM PHT

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