Police General Rodolfo Azurin Jr., the head of the Philippine National Police (PNP), expressed disappointment on Sunday that Joma Sison will not be able to stand for trial for the “violent years he had done” to the Philippines.
“Kahit paano tayo ay nakikiramay sa pagpanaw ng leader ng CPP na si Joma Sison. Sayang nga lang at hindi na niya na masisilayan ang mga trial sana na kanyang haharapin sa mga napakaraming taon na bayolente na insidente, paghahasik ng lagim kung saan more than 50,000 ang namatay o pinatay,” he said in an interview on Super Radyo dzBB.
(We still sympathize with the passing of CPP leader Joma Sison. It’s a pity that he won’t be able to see the trials he would have faced for the many years of violent incidents, sowing horror in which more than 50,000 died or were killed.)
“Sayang nga lang hindi niya masisilayan kung siya ay nagkasala o kaya niyang idepense ang sarili. Sana huwag na silang manggulo (CPP-NPA). Sana this time, tutal wala na si Joma Sison, ‘yung mga napaniwala niya sa mahabang panahon, sana magkaisa na tayo at bumaba na sila sa gobyerno para masimulan natin ang maayos at pagpapaunlad ng ating bansa,” he added.
PNP regrets Joma Sison will no longer face trial for “violent years he had done”
(It’s too bad he can’t see if he’s guilty or if he can defend himself. I hope they don’t make trouble (CPP-NPA). I hope this time, after all, Joma Sison is gone, those who believed in him for a long time, I hope we will be united, and they will step down from the government so that we can start the order and development of our country.)
The United States designated him as a “person supporting terrorism” in August 2002. In September 2009, the European Union’s second highest court declared that he should be delisted as a “person supporting terrorism” and overturned a decision by member nations to freeze his assets. Sison later settled in the Netherlands, where he sought asylum as a political refugee in 1988, a contentious request that was eventually granted in 1995.
Joma Sison passed away after spending two weeks in a hospital in Utrecht, Netherlands, according to the Communist Party of the Philippines.
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