{"id":226708,"date":"2019-08-13T19:35:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T23:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=226708"},"modified":"2019-08-13T19:35:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T23:35:23","slug":"palace-doubts-police-can-stop-communist-recruitment-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/08\/13\/palace-doubts-police-can-stop-communist-recruitment-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace doubts police can stop communist recruitment in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said he believes the police could not stop communist groups from recruiting students since recruitment can be done even off campus. (File Photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang cast doubt over the proposal of former national police chief and now Senator Ronald \u201cBato\u201d dela Rosa to allow policemen inside college and university campuses to prevent the recruitment of students by communist groups.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said he believes the police could not stop communist groups from recruiting students since recruitment can be done even off campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wonder\u00a0kung<\/em>\u00a0(if) the presence of police will stop the recruitment. Because recruitments are usually done in secrecy –– iyon<\/em>\u00a0(there), that\u2019s my response,\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng<\/em>\u00a0(The) presence\u00a0ng<\/em>\u00a0(of) police can prevent any crime being committed inside the campus. Pero (But) recruitment\u2026 I don\u2019t think na it will solve.\u00a0Unang-una, ang<\/em>\u00a0(Firstly, the) recruitment doesn\u2019t even have to be in schools,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo clarified that there was nothing wrong with students\u2019 desire to join organizations to express \u201clegitimate\u201d grievances against government since it\u2019s part of freedom of speech.<\/p>\n

However, he said it becomes wrong when they join organizations with the intention to overthrow the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to distinguish between expressing yourself out of a legitimate concern for a grievance you perceive to be committed by local officials or national officials as against joining an organization that is allied to communist organization found to be subversive of our democratic society,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the left-leaning organization is found to be allied with organizations that are subversive of our democratic society, then it becomes wrong and illegal,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

According to Panelo, there are several organizations not allied with the leftist movement but still on the streets demonstrating.<\/p>\n

Communist ideology is pass\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelo said the Palace is concerned because parents are reporting about their missing children allegedly recruited by groups linked to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).<\/p>\n

\u201cSiguro ang<\/em>\u00a0(Perhaps our the) suggestion\u00a0natin sa mga<\/em>\u00a0(to) parents, eh to tell their children that that ideology has long passed and is pass\u00e9 and they should not entertain joining any kind of subversive organization for their own sake,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Asked if he shares the assessment of dela Rosa and Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o that there is widespread communist recruitment of students, Panelo deferred to National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr.<\/p>\n

Panelo said he had no knowledge if the students were joining the communist groups on their own volition, but emphasized that the youth\u2019s idealism should do \u201csomething noble\u201d for the country.<\/p>\n

He also denied that the government was too focused on preventing the recruitment and gave less priority to solving the country\u2019s social ills.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe administration is focused on serving and protecting the people. That will always be the basis,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Last year, a least 18 colleges and universities were tagged in a supposed “Red October” ouster plan against President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Panelo said the proposal of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to restore the law against subversion requires study.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s see, that suggestion requires study also.\u00a0Hindi ko pa alam ang magiging<\/em>\u00a0opinyon\u00a0ni Presidente doon<\/em>\u00a0(I don\u2019t know what will be the opinion of the President on that). But I will ask him when we meet,\u201d said Panelo who is also Chief Presidential Legal Counsel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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