Martial law in the Philippines : my story / Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this book, Martial law in the Philippines: My story, Aquilino "Nene" Pimental writes primarily about the experiences that he and his family underwent during the martial law regime that president Ferdinand E. Marcos had instituted in the country in 1972 and implemented until he was forced to flee to the US in 1986. He candidly posits the vies that martial law was a gross criminal act that Marcos and his collaborators perpetrated upon the people. Also, he details how Marcos by means of cajolery, bribery and threats laid its foundation in the 1973 Constitutions with the indispensable assistance of his lieutenants in the Constitutional convention of 1971. He recalls that soon after the declaration of marital law, he was jailed in Camp Crame and thrown into a cell for hardened criminals. That was the first of his four arrests during martial rule. He also describes how he and his fellow human rights activists like Sen. Lorenzo Tanada, Sen. Joker Arroyo, Sen. Soc Rodrigo, Fr. Archie Intengan, S.J., Tito Guingona and Ernie Rondon were incarcerated in the military camp in Bicutan for waging a demonstration against the farcical Interim Batasan elections in 1978. Citing pertinent documents, he describes how some detainees in the martial law detention centers were tortured and who the torturers were.