Topic: Philippines

Posted at Jul 25 2017 11:24 AM | Updated as of Jul 25 2017 12:29 PM Source: ABS-CBN News » MANILA – Communist Party of the Philippines founding…

LUCENA CITY — Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison has denied President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that he has cancer and challenged Mr. Duterte to disclose his true health condition to the Filipino people.

Speaking about his frustrations in peace talks with the communist rebels in a policy speech to a joint session of Congress on Monday, Mr. Duterte said Sison was an old man who was suffering from colon cancer.

The raging word war between President Rodrigo Duterte and Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose Maria Sison continued on Wednesday. This time, it was Sison’s turn to hit back at Duterte, whom he advised to see a psychiatrist.

A visibly irritated President Rodrigo Duterte again ranted about Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Joma Sison, this time advising his former teacher to just kill himself to spare the Norwegian government additional expenses.

Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria Sison on Wednesday hit back at President Rodrigo Duterte, advising the chief executive to look after his mental health and consult a psychiatrist.

Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison, responding to comments made by President Rodrigo Duterte during his second State of the Nation Address (SONA), said that the peace between the Philippine government and the communist insurgents had failed because of the president’s “lack of interest.”

DAVAO CITY, Philippines —- President Rodrigo Duterte’s scathing remarks against his former professor, Jose Maria Sison, was met with equally strong statement from the founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines on Monday, July 24.

Sison said Duterte should recognize that there are two governments in the country.

Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison denied Monday President Duterte’s claim that he had colon cancer and instead dared the President to reveal his health condition to the Filipino people.

“It is Duterte who has to explain his disappearances for medical reasons because the public is entitled to know everything that pertains to his suitability for public office,” Sison said in a statement sent to the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Monday night.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday told Jose Ma. Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, to commit suicide as a favor to the Norwegian government.

The 78-year old Sison, who fled to Europe soon after peace talks failed in 1987, has been staying The Netherlands while the communist insurgency in the Philippines continued.

MANILA — President Duterte said on Tuesday, he would wage war with the communist rebels if they wanted it as he vented his anger at them anew.

The President even taunted Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison over his health, telling him to go kill himself after Sison accused him of lying about his medical condition. Duterte told the public on Monday, the day he delivered his second State of the Nation Address that Sison has been diagnosed with colon cancer. Sison immediately denied it and said Duterte’s allegation was a personal attack.