TRIBUTE TO COMRADES EUGENIA MAGPANTAY AND AGATON TOPACIO
Channel: Jose Maria Sison
Date: 30/11/2020

By Jose Maria Sison, Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines
and Julie de Lima, Interim Chairperson, NDFP Negotiating Panel
December 1, 2020

We wish to convey the deepest condolences to the children, grandchildren and family of  Comrades Eugenia Magpantay and Agaton Topacio. At the same time, we pay the highest tribute to them  for their martyrdom.  Their supreme sacrifice crowns the decades of service that they rendered to the revolutionary cause of the Filipino, especially the oppressed and exploited toiling masses of workers and peasants. 

Having served the people and the revolutionary movement as outstanding patriots and communist fighters, they became members of the CPP Central Committee and  Comrade Magpantay was also a former member of the Party Political Bureau until their retirement due to their illnesses. They made significant contributions to the building of the CPP  and the NPA, especially in Central Luzon.