#NeverAgain | Students commemorate ML with lights, call to end impunity

By GUIEN GARMA

[FIRST UPDATE: 10:26pm, Sept. 22] The UPLB community, through UPLB Perspective, the official student publication, and various campus organizations, commemorated the 42nd anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law through a Blackout Protest tonight, September 22, at the Carabao Park.

John Paul Omac, associated editor of [P], said in a remark that 40 years have passed, but several elements of Martial Law are still in effect. This, despite the restoration of democracy in 1986, toppling the Marcos dictatorship.

Omac: Halos apat na dekada na [matapos ang Martial Law,] pero nakakaranas pa rin tayo ng mga mala-Batas Militar na polisiya.

— UPLB Perspective (@uplbperspective) September 22, 2014

In another remark, Anakbayan-Southern Tagalog’s Diego Torres reminded people about Marcos’ military and its several parallels today.

Torres: Lungkot at galit ang nadarama natin ngayon. #NeverAgain — UPLB Perspective (@uplbperspective) September 22, 2014

Torres: Galit [ang nadarama natin] sa patuloy na paghahari ng mga panginoong maylupa at ginagawang atrasado ang ating bayan. #NeverAgain

— UPLB Perspective (@uplbperspective) September 22, 2014

Torres: Ang hamon sa atin ay ipagpatuloy ang laban na sinimulan ng mga martir noon at sa patuloy na rebolusyon. #NeverAgain

— UPLB Perspective (@uplbperspective) September 22, 2014

The student council of the College of Human Ecology, and university organizations such as UPLB Development Communicators’ Society, Sigma Alpha Nu, UPLB Writers’ Club, Umalohokan, Inc., Gabriela Youth-UPLB, League of Filipino Students-UPLB National Union of Students of the Philippines-Southern Tagalog also joined the commemoration. [P]

An ongoing timeline exhibit about Martial Law is installed at the Carabao Park. Everybody is free to visit and install art and literary works in the exhibit. For participation in the exhibit, visit UPLB Perspective at Rm. 11, Student Union Building; send us an email at uplbperspective1415@gmail.com; or send us a message on Facebook and Twitter.