Former President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday mentioned the loss of life of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding Chairman Jose Maria Sison marked the “end of an era” that he additionally hoped would “end of insurgencies in the Philippines.”
In an announcement, Duterte expressed his condolences to Sison’s household, saying that he prayed for peace within the nation.
The former President described Sison as somebody identified for his “radical ideas that affected the course of the country’s history.”
“While Mr. Sison and I have had many disagreements—especially in the ways in which he chose to pursue and effect change in the country—I would like to believe that, at the end of the day, we shared the same dream of creating a better future for every Filipino,” he mentioned.
“His death certainly marks the end of an era, and it is my hope that, with it, the end of insurgencies in the Philippines and the revolutionary movement that he has founded as well,” he added.
Duterte additionally known as for constructing a extra harmonious and united nation for future generations.
Sison handed away at round 8:40 p.m. (Philippine time) after two weeks of confinement within the hospital, CPP chief data officer Marco Valbuena mentioned on Saturday.
Sison, who was an activist and had been in self-exile within the Netherlands since 1987, based the leftist revolutionary group CPP in December 1968.
The CPP, together with its armed wing New People’s Army (NPA) and political arm National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), has been waging an insurgency insurrection towards the Philippine authorities for over 5 many years. — DVM, GMA Integrated News
