We, from the Jose Maria Sison Legacy Foundation (JMSLF) pay our tribute to, and celebrate the life and achievements of, our dear Comrade Luis “Ka Louie” G. Jalandoni, even as we mourn his passing.
While we extend our deepest condolences to his wife and comrade, Coni Ledesma, at the same time, we celebrate and cherish Ka Louie’s lifelong and selfless service to the Filipino people in the quest for national and social liberation.
Ka Joma and Ka Louie were two pillars of the revolutionary movement, working tirelessly to promote the Filipino people’s just struggle as staunch international representatives of the fighting Filipino masses.
Ka Joma and Ka Julie first met Ka Louie and Ka Coni in 1974, though knowledge of Ka Louie’s revolutionary commitment and dedication had already long-reached Ka Joma by that time.
Once reunited in the Netherlands, Ka Joma and Ka Louie undertook their proletarian internationalist duties side-by-side, conducting proto-diplomatic work, strengthening international solidarity and support for the Filipino people’s revolution, and upholding the rights of the exploited and oppressed Filipino masses at the negotiating table as fellow consultants of the NDFP peace negotiating panel.
Together, they weathered the ebbs and flows of the movement, ceaselessly maintaining the correct course of the national democratic revolution against revisionist errors and embodying the spirit of rectification.
Like many heroes of the Philippine revolution, Ka Louie’s memory will forever be etched in the hearts and minds of the Filipino people, especially the exploited and oppressed masses whom he served passionately from the time that he became an activist in 1969 until his passing.
True to the legacy of Jose Maria Sison, we at the JMSLF will make it our task to inspire the people to carry on the legacy of Ka Louie by advancing the revolution in achieving victory first in the national democratic revolution and onward to socialism.
Long live the memory of Ka Louie!
Long live the Filipino People!
Advance the Filipino People’s Struggle for National and Social Liberation!