{"id":183997,"date":"2018-10-02T21:48:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T01:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=183997"},"modified":"2018-10-02T21:48:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T01:48:12","slug":"red-october-aims-push-prrd-declare-nationwide-martial-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/02\/red-october-aims-push-prrd-declare-nationwide-martial-law\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Red October’ aims to push PRRD to declare nationwide martial law"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Galvez said part of the communist plot to oust Duterte is to undertake a series of mobilization to heighten up agitation in the student and labor sectors including the indigenous people. (File Photo<\/a>: PTV<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The \u201cRed October\u201d plot is meant to force President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a nationwide martial law, signing his own political death warrant, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way we see it, the President is being dragged to declare a nationwide martial law, and also most probably a revolutionary government. That is the plan of the CPP-NPA (Communist Party of the Philippines-New People\u2019s Army), to lead the president to a political death trap,\u201d said AFP Chief of Staff, General Carlito Galvez Jr., during the Senate hearing on the proposed 2019 budget of the Department of National Defense and its attached agencies.<\/p>\n

Galvez said part of the communist plot to oust Duterte is to undertake a series of mobilization to heighten up agitation in the student and labor sectors including the indigenous people.<\/p>\n

He said the plan is to have successive mass mobilizations starting on September 21 up to December when the CPP-NPA celebrates its 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a broad coalition plot wherein they will use existing issues like inflation and prices, and also depicting a government that will resort to dictatorship and tyranny,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, they have already organized 10 of the universities in Manila and right now they are making a lot of information drive wherein they will show to all the high school and college students the atrocities committed during the Marcos regime and equate that to the present administration,\u201d the AFP chief told the Subcommittee \u201cE\u201d of the Senate Finance Committee.<\/p>\n

The sub-panel is chaired by Senator Panfilo Lacson.<\/p>\n

Galvez said the CPP-NPA has already hatched \u201cOperation Talsik\u201d and \u201cOperation Aklasan\u201d, wherein they will simultaneously conduct labor protests as well as tactical offensives in the countryside.<\/p>\n

He said \u201cOplan Aklasan\u201d was unearthed by the AFP with the publication of the constitution of the CCP-NPA in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a very elaborate plan wherein they stated the heightening of the education sector using the First Quarter Storm model,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, Joma Sison has conducted a lot of conferences with UP. We have documents, and we are ready to reveal them in executive session so that we can see the vast efforts of the CPP-NPA in order to oust Duterte,\u201d Galvez said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he added that the AFP publicized the said plot to preempt the mass recruitment, especially the youth, and the economic sabotage that will be undertaken under \u201cOplan Aklasan\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey planned extensively on this and they will do their best to really oust the President. If we take this lightly, we might be like Marawi,\u201d Galvez said.<\/p>\n

Trillanes, Pangilinan cleared from ‘Red October\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Galvez cleared opposition Senators Antonio Trillanes and Francis Pangilinan from the ouster plot.<\/p>\n

During the hearing, Trillanes categorically asked the AFP chief if he and Pangilinan were involved in “Red October”.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically this is a sinister plot of the CCP-NPA.\u00a0Kung makikita po natin talaga<\/em>\u00a0(If we can examine this), they would like to have a coalition with the opposition. That\u2019s why our intention is really to protect\u00a0yung ating<\/em>\u00a0(our) legitimate opposition,\u201d Galvez said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut based, Sir, on intel report Sir, while the CPP would like to forge a coalition,\u00a0naki-pag<\/em>\u00a0coalition\u00a0po ba kami<\/em>\u00a0sir? (did we forge a coalition sir?),\u201d Trillanes said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo sir,\u201d Galvez answered.<\/p>\n

Trillanes added that his group, Magdalo, would not forge a coalition with the communists.<\/p>\n

Trillanes said they were trying to exert their influence within the legitimate opposition to \u201csteer clear of these communists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor as long as they (CPP) are killing our soldiers,\u00a0talagang magiging tubig at langis ito<\/em>\u00a0(it will really turn into water and oil).\u00a0Hindi talagang pwedeng paghaluin ito<\/em>\u00a0(It’s really not meant to be mixed together),\u201d Trillanes said.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Pangilinan said while the communists desire to forge a coalition with the opposition, the Liberal Party (LP) has no desire to oust Duterte.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will categorically state that there is no desire on the part of the Liberal Party to oust President Duterte. We will not support any unconstitutional move or approach. In fact, if you have any information on any member of the party involved, just tell us and we will expel this member because it is in violation of our Constitution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe swore an oath to uphold and defend this Constitution, and any unconstitutional act, we will not be party to, and we will oppose,\u201d Pangilinan added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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