“The people who lived through martial law, or at least some of us, are aghast that another Marcos (Ferdinand Marcos Jr.) has risen to power while we’re still alive.”
“While I wasn’t an activist myself, there were people I knew who were martyred, who were tortured and who went through the whole gamut of detention and long-term imprisonment,” Robillard said. Robillard was 19 at the time and a student at the University of the Philippines, which she described as a “hotbed of activism.” He shut down Congress and newspapers, ruling by decree while ordering the arrest of political opponents and activists. Martial law was declared by Marcos on Sept. “We would like people to come away with a different understanding of how martial law was in the Philippines and to start questioning what they see on social media and the things that they hear,” said Divina Robillard, a member of Hawaii Filipinos for Truth, Justice and Democracy. The event, to be held at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Shidler College of Business, will include time for attendees to share their personal stories, an open forum, a panel discussion, a song performance and a guest speaker.
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Fifty years after the late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, the Hawaii Filipinos for Truth, Justice and Democracy coalition has scheduled a free showing of the film “Dekada ’70” on Sunday to spread awareness of the pivotal period in that nation’s history.
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