Malacanang to Joma: 'Face the music' in ‘80s purging case

Malacanang to Joma: 'Face the music' in ‘80s purging case




Malacanang has called out Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison to be brave and face his charges here in the country like a man.

This come after a Manila Regional Trial Court ordered his arrest and 37 others for their involvement in the so-called Inopacan Massacre in the 1980s



Presidential Spokesperson Atty. Salvador Panelo said that Sison is welcome to return home and "avail of his constitutional right to confront his accusers and prepare for his defense."


Jose Maria Sison in exile in the Netherlands
(photo credit to owner)


"Mr. Sison should unchain himself from his exile and face the music. His illusive if not illusory dream of wresting political power from the present dispensation should give way to a principled and courageous stand to face trial," Panelo said.

The CPP founder, Sison since being allowed to free by the late President Corazon Aquino has been staying comfortably in the Netherlands as a political refugee.



Panelo clarified that Malacanang has nothing to do with it, "avail of his constitutional right to confront his accusers and prepare for his defense."
"Mr. Sison should unchain himself from his exile and face the music. His illusive if not illusory dream of wresting political power from the present dispensation should give way to a principled and courageous stand to face trial," Panelo said.


The CPP founder has been staying in the Netherlands as a political refugee since at the time he was released from prison by the late President Corazon Aquino..
The palace respects the decision of   Manila Presiding Judge Thelma Bunyi-Medina, of the Regional Trial Court Branch 32 in Manila, to issue a warrant of arrest against Sison and 37 other people in relation to the mass purging by the armed wing of the CPP, the New People’s Army (NPA), in Leyte.
"The law is no respecter of any transgressor and prosecution, therefore, must proceed in accordance thereof. Mr. Sison, et al. will have their day in court," he said.

"We are one with the families and loved ones of the victims in calling for justice, the warrant of arrest shall be served as directed upon us by the Judiciary," Panelo added.







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