PALAYAN CITY, Nueva Ecija -- Army troops have warned the students from the Communist Terrorist Group’s (CTGs) deceptive recruitment in the different schools in Northern Luzon.
Army Captain Roberto B. Apelado, the acting Civil-Military Operations Officer of the army’s 91st Infantry Battalion based in Aurora province, emphasized how dangerous the CTG infiltrates the education system and employs its deceptive scheme in its recruitment activities in the colleges and universities.
Apelado made his announcement during their Information Awareness Campaign at Wesleyan University-Philippines (WU-P) in Maria Aurora, Aurora province.
"The CTG's front were showing videos of human rights atrocities to students, to incite them to fight against the government including lectures on the issues on poverty, tuition fee increase among others to agitate students and even those youths living in depressed and isolated areas who are vulnerable to false ideologies due to their innocence,” said Apelado.
He then also warned the school administrations and parents about some members of the NPA infiltrating the schools and the churches.
Major General Andrew D. Castelo, the commander of the army’s 7th Infantry Division based in Fort Magsaysay with area of operations in Region 1 and Central Luzon, said that the Army’s information awareness activities on CTG’s deceptive recruitment is vital to the campaign of the government in ending the local communist armed conflict in the countryside.
“We will be relentless in conducting this kind of activity as we know that the CTG mainly targets the youth in their deceptive recruitment in schools. That is why we are calling everyone’s cooperation if there are CTG activities in their colleges and universities to report such to the school administration or to the authorities,” said Castelo.