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Joma successor to face difficulty in reviving communist movement - Bato

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Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Courtesy of Tiziana Fabi, AFP and Bibo Nueva España, Senate PRIB" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/12/19/20221219-joma-bato.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Courtesy of Tiziana Fabi, AFP and Bibo Nueva España, Senate PRIB</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The end of Maoist insurgency in the country is maybe in sight following the death of Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison, a senator said Monday.</p><p>Senator Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; Dela Rosa said whoever will succeed Sison will face &quot;extreme&quot; difficulties.</p><p>&quot;Prior to the death of Joma Sison... &#x27;yung insurgency ng ating bansa, brought about by the CPP-NPA-NDF, was already dying and the more it will be going to its extinction kapag namatay na si Joma Sison,&quot; said Dela Rosa, who is also a former police official. </p><p>&quot;Whoever will be designated by the Communist Party [of the Philippines] to succeed Joma Sison will face extreme difficulty in reviving a fake cause,&quot; Dela Rosa told ANC&#x27;s Headstart. </p><p>Sison, who launched one of the world&#x27;s longest-running Maoist insurgencies, died last week at age 83. </p><p>The former university professor died in the Netherlands, where he had lived in self-imposed exile since the collapse of peace talks in 1987.</p><p>Meanwhile, Dela Rosa sees no problem with remains of Sison being returned to the Philippines.</p><p>&quot;Kung iuuwi siya dito, for humanitarian reasons, tao rin naman &#x27;yan, Filipino rin naman &#x27;yan at may mga pamilya &#x27;yan dito naghihintay din, then pauwiin natin para mabigyan siya ng magandang libingnan ng kaniyang mga mahal sa buhay,&quot; he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/17/22/cpp-founder-joma-sison-dies-at-83">Jose Maria Sison, founder of Communist Party of the Philippines, dies at 83</a></li></ul><p>Sison passed away after 2 weeks of confinement in a hospital in Utrecht, the party said in a statement, without specifying the cause of death.</p><p>The Philippines&#x27; defense department said his death could finally lead to an end of violence in the country, calling Sison the &quot;greatest stumbling block&quot; to peace. </p><p>&quot;The death of Sison is but a symbol of the crumbling hierarchy&quot; of the communist movement, it said, calling for remaining rebels to surrender. </p><p>&quot;A new era without Sison dawns for the Philippines... Let us now give peace a chance.&quot;</p><p>Sison had hoped to overthrow the government and establish a Maoist regime that would end &quot;US imperialism&quot; in the former American colony. </p><p>The US State Department designated the communist party and its armed wing foreign terrorist organizations in 2002. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/19/22/cpp-npa-wont-declare-holiday-ceasefire">CPP-NPA won&#x27;t declare holiday ceasefire</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2386110" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div><strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

The end of Maoist insurgency in the country is maybe in sight following the death of Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison, said cop-turned-lawmaker Bato Dela Rosa.

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Joma successor to face difficulty in reviving communist movement - Bato

Davinci Maru,

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Published Dec 19, 2022 02:03 PM PHT

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Updated Dec 19, 2022 05:41 PM PHT

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The end of Maoist insurgency in the country is maybe in sight following the death of Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison

said cop-turned-lawmaker Bato Dela Rosa.

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