MANILA – Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison tagged President Rodrigo Duterte a “modern maniac” for the widespread killings in the country.
In a television interview, Sison said that under Duterte, the country now had a leader maniac “in power trying to put on a national scale his blood-thirsty kind of character.”
“If a mediocre student like Duterte, and if someone who is only good for being mayor – and even bad as he was – engages in extrajudicial killings, now you have a maniac, a modern maniac in power,” Sison said.
He added: “This is the worst manifestation of oligarchy. At least (former President Ferdinand) Marcos was more intelligent in pushing his crooked objectives since he was able to counter his greed for power and wealth.”
Sison also said the CPP was already making its move in establishing a “red political power” in the countryside in an attempt to oust Duterte.
It would only be a matter of time when the CPP would advance its revolutionary movement in the cities, he said.
“As someone who is not fit even by bourgeoisie standards, he managed to sneak into power. This shows very much degradation and the state of decomposition of the entire ruling system,” Sison said.
SISON HALLUCINATING – PALACE
Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo quickly hit back at Sison saying the exiled CPP founding chairman was “out of touch of reality and in a constant state of hallucination.”
“Jose Maria Sison’s long exile has dulled his senses, put him out of touch of reality and in a constant state of hallucination,” said Panelo, who also mocked Sison’s failed rebellion and his comrades’ armed struggle.
“The winds of change will sweep this incorrigible rebel, who is living in comfort and luxury while his comrades are in the hills, as well as those who follow him, to oblivion and will be buried in the dustbin of history,” he added.
Panelo reiterated the call for communist rebels to surrender to the government.
“It is not too late though for them to return to the fold of society and embrace the rule of law and the majority. In the spirit of Christmas we still wish (Sison) well and pray that he be blessed with inner peace and enlightenment,” Panelo said./PN
