(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — Jose Maria “Joma” Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), has died at the age of 83, the CPP announced on Saturday.
The communist leader died Friday, Dec. 16, at around 8:40 p.m. (Philippine time) after two weeks of confinement in a hospital in Utrecht, The Netherlands, the party said in a statement.
“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,” the CPP wrote “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,” it added. As of press time, the communist party has not released other details about its leader’s passing… Read More
