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This was the apparent sentiment of the military following claims made by Communist Party of the Philippines Founding Chairman Jose Maria “Joma” Sison that government forces, with the assistance of the US Central Intelligence Agency, is planning to assassinate him.
“I believe Sison needs professional psychiatric help to treat his hallucinations. His statement is another [figment] of his imagination,” AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo M. Año said in a news statement issued on Wednesday.
Sison also alleged that the military is planning to oust President Duterte.
“If I remember right, ’yan din ang kuwento n’ya n’ung [that was Joma’s story in] 1999 during the time of former President [Joseph] Estrada, where he also alleged that a hit team was sent to the Netherlands by President Estrada and former Chief PNP [Philippine National Police] Director General Panfilo M. Lacson Sr. to kill him using former ABB and RJ Faction operatives,” Año said.
This is almost, if not the same plot, Sison is claiming now, the AFP chief said.
“Exactly the same plot as narrated by Sison. Sison is not only a criminal and master of deception but a congenital liar,” he said.