A former student at the University of the Philippines, alleged Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) chair Benito Tiamzon started with organizing labor unions in Metro Manila under the CPP’s Metro Manila-Rizal Regional Party Committee. He is credited with rebuilding and consolidating the Party after it went through its most serious split in the early 1990s over ideology. Military and other government officials have described Tiamzon as being the hardliner in peace talks with the Aquino government. He is said to have imposed difficult preconditions for the talks to prosper.
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