Ship Joma home, Dutch urged

Retribution season Filipinos call on the governments of The Netherlands and the European Union to stop harboring top terrorist Communist Party of the Philippines’ Jose Maria Sison and halt posing obstruction to efforts to make public officials accountable such as seeking former President Benigno Aquino’s accountability for the P3.5-billion Dengvaxia mess. ALFONSO PADILLA ">Retribution season Filipinos call on the governments of The Netherlands and the European Union to stop harboring top terrorist Communist Party of the Philippines’ Jose Maria Sison and halt posing obstruction to efforts to make public officials accountable such as seeking former President Benigno Aquino’s accountability for the P3.5-billion Dengvaxia mess. ALFONSO PADILLA

Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria “Joma” Sison should be stripped of his political asylum status in The Netherlands and subsequently repatriated to the Philippines to face trial for numerous pending cases, members of an anti-communist group who stormed the Dutch Embassy said yesterday.

Liga Filipinas Independencia (LFI) slammed the National Democratic Front of the Philippines’ (NDFP) “senseless struggle and killings” in a petition submitted yesterday to the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands.

“As a coalition of 38 national organizations nationwide and different sectors of society, we condemn the atrocities and terrorism perpetuated by the CPP-NPA-NDF (Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front) in the past years. And you have granted the devil Joma Sison refuge,” LFI head Nolan Tiongco said.

The group also called on members of the European Union (EU) to cancel Sison’s privilege as a political refugee and bring him back to the Philippines to face the various cases that have been filed against him and the CPP-NPA.

“We appeal to the kind and democratic heart of your (The Netherlands) government and the EU to cancel Sison’s asylum, together with those of his band of terrorists, so that they could face trial in our country. They are facing criminal and acts of terrorism offenses that they have committed. Don’t give them safe haven and refuge and scapegoats,” Tiongco said.

“We don’t know what your moral and legal basis for giving this barbaric terrorist group asylum in your country. Giving them safe haven is giving hell to our country,” Tiongco added.

Devil’s advocate Most Filipinos are seeing the true nature of the one who calls himself leader of a movement for the people. AL PADILLA End Reds terror

Around 50 persons, who claimed to be former members of the NPA, said they decided to return to the fold of the law after realizing the “hideous system” within the 50-year-old rebellion.

“The CPP-NPA-NDF has only killed thousands of Filipinos, destroyed many lives and billions of pesos’ worth of properties. Joining that organization as a teenager was our greatest regret and now, we are making it our duty to wake up everyone,” the anti-communist group said during the rally.

The embassy had acknowledged and received the formal letter but has yet to issue an official statement.

The anti-communist group has been appealing to Filipinos and the international community to take part in ending the rebellion movement.

The NPA, the armed wing of the CPP, is listed as a terrorist organization in the United States and EU.