(Eagle News) — Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte on Friday, July 6, lashed out at Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison for his comment he and his father, President Rodrigo Duterte, were the “biggest protectors of illegal drugs in the country.”
“Joma Sison’s accusation….confirms that the founder of the oldest terror group in Southeast Asia is completely losing it,” the younger Duterte said in a Facebook post.
According to the presidential son, Sison’s statement “sounded insanely absurd as it was a repetition of, if not inspired by, an old gossip propagated and sowed around by an anti-Duterte Senator who is also a rabid anti-communist.”
Sison was apparently referring to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who had linked the former Davao vice mayor and the President to the illegal drug trade.
“Mr Sison, who a pathological liar himself, was parroting a liar,” the former Davao vice mayor said.
According to the younger Duterte, the “echolalia showed how much Mr Sison was willing to take for the sake of public attention, propaganda, and significance.”
He said it also showed “the nature of his politics and principles — where it’s acceptable for enemies to sleep together in one bed, speak one language, and unify forces and work together until the common target is toppled down.”
“But Mr Sison’s insanity, just like the bloody Maoist revolution in the Philippines, will fail. And Mr Sison and his organizations — the CPP-(National Democratic Front of the Philippines-New People’s Army) — will be remembered in history for their contribution in the revolution that victimized the oppressed, the poor, and ultimately, the growth and development of the Philippines,” the younger Duterte said.
“Mr Sison, the father of the oldest terror group in Southeast Asia, is a disgrace to this country,” he added.