Once a Martial Law detainee, Cebu lawyer still fights for victims of injustices

Fifty-one years after the declaration of Martial Law in the country, Cebu lawyer Democrito Barcenas still fights historical revisionism through books he has written and truth-telling forums

Martial Law in Cebu, the imposition of martial law was felt in the entire country. Around 70,000 student activists, lawyers, community leaders, and political figures were arrested and detained upon orders of then Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile, on behalf of the late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos.

This happened while his wife, Lourdes, was pregnant with their second child, Bayani, and caring for their one-year old daughter, Ligaya. He was also identified as a political opponent to the Marcos administration, being the duly-elected vice mayor of Carcar. On October 29, 1972, his wife gave birth to their second child at the Cebu Velez General Hospital. Barcenas was disturbed as he said, “it was as if she was having to deliver an illegitimate child without a father”

“People lost their fear, a series of demonstrations happened almost every day…I had to join,” Barcenas said.

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