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Louie was surrounded by comrades, his wife Ka Coni, and his family," it added.

- With Rainier Allan Ronda, Mark Ernest Villeza

A close associate of the late communist leader Jose Maria Sison, Jalandoni served as NDF's chief negotiator with the Philippine government from 1989 to 2016.

Born in Negros on Feb. 26, 1935, Jalandoni was a former Catholic priest who played a key role in the founding of the Christians for National Liberation, one of the founding allied organizations of the NDF.

He joined the CPP and went underground when the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law. In 1973, he was arrested with Coni Ledesma, who later became his wife, and was detained for about a year.

Jalandoni left the country in 1976 to lead international relations work for the CPP. He and his wife later sought and were granted political asylum in the Netherlands, where they formed close ties with Sison.