Never Again to Martial Law! The Legacy of Dictatorship: Innocent People’s Lives Can Not Be Paid for with Roads and Bridges and Any Other Superlative Edifices You Could Imagine! In the Images: Delmar Topinio Taclibon @ the picket-line, Delmar Topinio Taclibon with Prof. Judy Taguiwalo > Veteran of the Diliman Commune and former Martial Law Political Detainee, and Satur Ocampo in his detention cell. The Projects of Marcos bridled with corruption and graft cannot be equated to Human Rights Violation during the dictatorship. And no amount of propaganda can cancel out innocent young student leaders and civilians killed between 2,000 to 3,300, documented “Enforced Disappearances” of a total of 769, tortured victims numbered to 35,000, 30,000 warrant-less arrests, and at least an estimate of 120,000 were illegally detained . Warrant-less arrests, enforced disappearances, unexplained deaths and other excesses by the military during the almost 20-year imposition of martial law under the administration of the late strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos can’t be paid for with gargantuan projects only him and his cronies knows how the budget were spent at the expense of the Filipino people via equally gargantuan borrowings from the IMF-World Bank. Records of these violations have been made public after the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) turned over all documents pertaining to military operations during that dark period in Philippine history to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR). CHR Chairman Loretta Rosales and among others were among the victims of human-rights abuses. The declassified documents would give the public a general understanding of what happened during martial law and to the people who dared stand up against the iron rule of Marcos. Remember the Film Center Tragedy An accident occurred around 3:00 a.m. on November 17, 1981 during the construction of the Manila Film Centre. Its scaffolding collapsed, and at least 169 workers fell and were buried under quick-drying wet cement. A blanket of security was immediately imposed by the Marcos administration, and neither rescuers nor ambulances were permitted on the site until an official statement had been prepared. The rescuers were eventually permitted to go inside the accident site 9 hours after the collapse; only the Supreme Being knows what transpired. Research: Delmar Topinio Taclibon Source: SELDA CHR AFP “Where Spirits Roam, Rogue Magazine, October 2009 Issue. Alfred McCoy Files Huwag Na Nating Payagang Muli Ang Karumaldumal at Kahalimawang Dulot Ng Batas Militar (Marcos Dictatorship) Ang Dinanas Ng Mga Kaawa-awang Kabataan at Mamayan Noong Panahon Ng Batas Militar Ferdinand Edralin. Marcos – the father of now Senator Bongbong Marcos had ruled the Philippines by autocratic decree, issuing almost daily lists of individuals who were to be rounded up. Many of those detained were subject to tactical interrogation, the code phrase used to refer to the various torture techniques. The following are the beastly ways of torture during the Marcos Dark Years of Terror and Bestiality: • Beatings while blindfolded by punching, kicking and hitting with the butts of rifles. • The telephone, where a detainees ears were clapped simultaneously, producing a ringing sound in the head. • Insertion of bullets between the fingers of a detainee and squeezing the hand. • The wet submarine, where a detainees head was submerged in a toilet bowl full of excrement. • The water cure, where a cloth was placed over the detainees mouth and nose, and water poured over it, producing a drowning sensation. • The dry submarine, where a plastic bag was placed over the detainees head, producing suffocation. • Use of a detainees hands for putting out lighted cigarettes. • Forcing a detainee while wet and naked to sit before an air conditioner often while sitting on a block of ice. • Electric shock where one electrode is attached to the genitals of males or the breast of females and another electrode to some other part of the body, usually a finger, and electrical energy produced from a military field telephone is sent through the body. • Solitary confinement while handcuffed or tied to a bed. Ilan Sa Mga Nalagas Ng Regimeng at Diktadorang U.S.–Marcos Marcos at Batas Militar: Wright M. Molintas Jr., who took the nom de guerre “Ka Chadli,” Davao activist Edwin Laguerder who like Molintas Jr. were Marcos-time political activists from the University of the Philippines-Diliman and Norberto Acebedo Jr.; Amada Alvarez; Marsman Alvarez; Monico Atienza; Silme Domingo; Rolando Federes; Ceferino Flores Jr.; Ruben Lunas; Joji Paduano; Rosalina Galang Reyes; Dr. Arturo Taca; and Gene Viernes, Cordillerans – Kalinga chieftain Macliing Dulag from Tinglayan; Pedro Dungoc, also from Tinglayan, Kalinga; and human rights defender Arthur Galace, the first woman victim Liliosa Hilao, Maria Lorena Barros, Purificacion Pedro, Zacharias Agatep, Alex Boncayao, Magtanggol Roque, Remberto De La Paz, Juan Encando, Emmanuel Lacaba, Edgar Jopson, Benigno Aquino S. Aquino Jr., Felixberto Olalia and others. Delmar “Rapasakdalsakay” Topinio Taclibon, August 5, 2012 Ang Mga Walang Pangalan Alay kay Leonor Alay-ay, drayber Nalalaman na lamang natin ang kanilang mga pangalan kung sila’y wala na. Subalit habang nabubuhay, sila’y walang mga pangalan, walang mukhang madaling tandaan. Hindi sila naiimbitang magtalumpati sa liwasan, hindi inilalathala ng pahayagan ang kanilang mga larawan, at kung makasalubong mo sa daan, kahit anong pamada ang gamit nila ay hindi ka mapapalingon. Sila’y walang mga pangalan, walang mukhang madaling tandaan, subalit sila ang nagpapatakbo sa motor ng kilusang mapagpalaya. Sila ang mga paang nagmartsa sa mga kalsadang nababakuran ng alambreng tinik, sila ang mga bisig na nagwagayway ng mga bandila ng pakikibaka sa harap ng batuta at bala, sila ang mga kamaong nagtaas ng nagliliyab na sulo sa madilim na gabi ng diktadura, sila ang mga tinig na sumigaw ng “Katarungan! Kalayaan!” at umawit ng “Bayan Ko” sa himig na naghihimagsik. Sa EDSA sa isang buwan ng Pebrero, sila ang nagdala ng mga anak at nagbaon ng mga sanwits at humarap sa mga tangke nang walang armas kundi dasal, habang nasa loob ng kampo, nagkakanlong, ang mga opisyal na armado ng Uzi. Wala silang mga pangalan, walang mukhang madaling tandaan, itong mga karaniwang mamamayan, pambala ng kanyon at kakaning-itik, na matiyagang kumilos at tahimik na nagbuklod-buklod at magiting na lumaban kahit kinakalambre ng nerbiyos, kahit kumakabog ang dibdib. Wala silang mga pangalan, walang mukhang madaling tandaan, subalit sila’y naglingkod sa sambayanan kahit hindi kinukunan ng litrato, kahit hindi sinasabitan ng medalya, kahit hindi hinaharap ng pangulo. Sila’y naglingkod sa sambayanan, walang hinahangad na luwalhati o gantimpala kundi kaunting kanin at ulam, kaunting pagkakakitaan, bubong na hindi pinapasok ng ulan, damit na hindi gula-gulanit, ang layang lumakad sa kalsada tuwing gabi nang hindi sinusutsutan ng pulis para bulatlatin ang laman ng bag, isang bukas na may pag-asa’t aliwalas para sa sarili at sa mga anak, isang buhay na marangal kahit walang pangalan, kahit walang mukhang madaling tandaan. --Jose F. Lacaba Mula sa kalipunang Sa Panahon ng Ligalig (Anvil Publishing, Maynila, 1991). Out of print na ang librong ito. Dr. Delmar Topinio Taclibon, PhD.
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