To the Comrades of the CPP (Communist Party of the Philippines) and the NPA (New People’s Army):

As UMLP (Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Union), we express our deepest grief at the loss of Comrade Jose Maria Sison, Ka JoMa, tireless Revolutionary and defender of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Tse-Tung Thought. We shall always take his great revolutionary example of commitment to the cause of liberation of the working people and all the oppressed, for the future of humanity, for communism.

Comrade Sison dedicated his life to the Filipino and world Proletariat, helping to found the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People’s Army, the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) and so many more proletarian organizations. He was a pioneer in the anti-revisionist struggle and for all said before he was repressed and imprisoned by the fascist Philippine state. Even as a political refugee in the Netherlands, he continued to serve the internationalist ideals of Marxism-Leninism, fighting for the Socialist Revolution in the Philippines and the World.

The sudden and unexpected death of the Filipino Marxist-Leninist Revolutionary, Ka JoMa, has shocked us all, but his great internationalist revolutionary spirit demands that we overcome the shock and carry forward the tasks for which he dedicated his entire life. This will be the greatest tribute to him, anywhere in the world.

May the earth be light to you Comrade. Long live Proletarian Internationalism!

Red Salute Comrade JoMa! Honour to Comrade JoMa!

With Revolucionary greetings,

UMLP (União Marxista-Leninista Portuguesa)