NEVER AGAIN UP to now, I am still amazed at how the Filipino took too long to oust a dictator who ruled for over two decades. Or for that matter, how our judiciary at that time said that it cannot rule against a presidential prerogative as it was a domain that involves a political question or one that pertains to a discretion that is the proper prerogative of the executive branch of government. Anyway, when martial law was proclaimed, I was in an out of town school and my mother who happened to be separated for four years from her parents during the second world war suddenly ordered me to fly home. I obeyed because parents know best. There were no classes for two weeks or so. It was such an uncertain and scary period. As a burgeoning social activist, I was part of a group which was into study sessions analyzing the problems of society. A few years later, I decided to pursue studies about society and development like it was my personal reaction to the historical events happening and unfolding before my eyes.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 04:17:16 +0000