College students advised to avoid joining activist groups
June 30, 2011
THE military urged college students to avoid joining militant groups since these promote “cynicism, tolerate violence and serve as recruitment grounds for rebels.”
Specifically, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) vented its ire on the League of Filipino Students (LFS), which it referred to as one of the groups “deceitfully romanticizing” the idea of armed struggle.
After convincing the students to join their ranks, militants normally entice them to go against the government and join the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing New People’s Army (NPA).
Joining these organizations will be dangerous because this will divert the student’s attention from academics, family, and ambitions, said Brigadier General Eduardo del Rosario, AFP’s Civil Relations Service commander.
He said that based on their experiences, most NPA fighters are students who chose to abandon their studies and later ended up being victims of the decades-old insurgency.
But the AFP’s statement did not sit well with the CHR and the militant groups as they asked the military to focus on implementing much-needed reforms against corruption and impunity.
“It is best they stop commenting about the youth and pay attention to the reforms badly needed in the AFP against impunity and the lack of command responsibility and accountability,” Rosales said.
Clamor and the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL), meanwhile, said AFP failed to respect the citizen’s Constitutional right to join associations.
NUPL assistant secretary for legal services Ephraim Cortez said that bad social, economic and political conditions breed discontent and through these organizations, students are able to forward their concerns.
“It is an expression of their desire for change. This is what (Jose) Rizal, (Andres) Bonifacio, and other heroes did in their time,” Cortez told Sun.Star in a text message.
At least 2.6 million college students trooped to schools nationwide early June after a two-month summer break. (Virgil Lopez/Sunnex)
Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2011/06/29/college-students-advised-avoid-joining-activist-groups-164063
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