Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria “Joma” Sison has passed away. He was 83. READ:
Photo shows Jose Maria Sison, founder of the National Democratic Front of Philippines, during the opening ceremony of the formal peace talks between the Philippine government and the NDFP in Rome on 19 January 2017. Sison passed away on Dec. 16, 2022. Tiziana Fabi/AFP/File photo
Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairman Jose Maria “Joma” Sison, who has been in self-exile in the Netherlands, has passed away. He was 83.“Prof. Jose Ma. Sison, founding chair of the Communist Party of the Philippines, passed away at around 8:40 p.m. after two weeks of confinement in the hospital,” Valbuena said.
“The Filipino proletariat and toiling people grieve the death of their teacher and guiding light,” he said.The CPP has been waging an insurgency rebellion against the Philippine government along with its armed wing New People’s Army and political arm National Democratic Front of the Philippines for over five decades.
“The entire Communist Party of the Philippines gives the highest possible tribute to its founding chairman, great Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thinker, patriot, internationalist and revolutionary leader,” Valbuena said. “Even as we mourn, we vow to continue to give all our strength and determination to carry the revolution forward guided by the memory and teachings of the people's beloved Ka Joma,” he said.
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