Redigerer Jose Maria Sison (avsnitt)

== Siste år, død==
I 2017 hevdet president [[Rodrigo Duterte]] at Sison hadde endetarmskreft.<ref>{{Cite web |last=GMA News |title=Joma Sison has colon cancer |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/619262/duterte-joma-sison-has-colon-cancer/story/ |access-date=2017-07-24}}</ref> Sison sa at han riktignok hadde vært innlagt på Utrechts universitetssykehus i mars det året, men det var ikke for kreft, men for [[rheumatoid arthritis]] og [[sweet syndrome]]-symptomer.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dizon |first=Nikko |date=24. juli 2017 |title=Joma Sison on colon cancer: It's just in Duterte's mind |language=en |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/917017/joma-sison-on-colon-cancer-its-just-in-dutertes-mind |access-date=8. februar 2022}}</ref> 

Tidlig i 2022 ble det hevdet at Sison var død;<ref name="badoy2022">{{Cite web |last=Tablang Badoy |first=Lorraine Marie |date=12. februar 2022 |title=NTF-ELCAC Statement in Response to CPP–NPA–NDF's Denial of Joma Sison's Death |url=https://www.ntfelcac.org/post/ntf-elcac-statement-regarding-the-endorsement-of-the-kabag-bloc-of-vp-leni-robredo-as-president |website=[[NTF-ELCAC]]}}</ref> Sison kunne personlig avkrefte det.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9. februar 2022 |title=Joma denies rumors of death |work=The Philippine Star |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/02/09/2159514/joma-denies-rumors-death |access-date=9. february 2022}}</ref> 

Den 16. desember kunngjorde ''Communist Party of the Philippines'' og partiets nyhetsorgan ''Ang Bayan'' at Sison var død etter å ha ligget på sykehus i Utrecht i Nederland i to uker.<ref name="PRWC">{{Cite web |title=Communist Party of the Philippines website |url=https://philippinerevolution.nu/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Philippine Revolution Web Info |publisher=Philippine Revolution Web Info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=17. desember 2022 |title=CPP founder Joma Sison dies at 83 |work=CNN Philippines |url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/12/17/joma-sison-cpp-dead-83.html |access-date=17. desember 2022 |accessdate=2022-12-17 |archivedate=2022-12-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217034002/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/12/17/joma-sison-cpp-dead-83.html |url-status=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gregorio |first=Xave |date=17. desember 2022 |title=CPP founder Joma Sison dies, 83 |work=The Philippine Star |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/12/17/2231445/cpp-founder-joma-sison-dies-83 |access-date=17. desember 2022}}</ref>