PILLA Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc of the Daily Inquirer wrote in last Sunday’s Inquirer about the supposed three wives of Shy Torpe Harmless Me. I get joshed all over. Not true of course. Two intrepid journalists had enterprisingly asserted they were Mrs. Saguisag; thereby, they were allowed to visit me in detention, where, willy-nilly, I became a Batang City Jail Candidate Member in early 1983, for calling Mr. Marcos a “super-subversive” in open court.

Not the first time to be cited for direct contempt in the case, which was when I said to make of record that the civilian court was getting “militarized,” given the presence of Gen. Dimaya and many other officers. “I hereby fine you, Atty. Saguisag, fifty pesos!,” barked the Judge. Said I, pulling out a hundred-peso bill, “I’ll gladly pay it, Your Honor. Can I say something more for another fifty pesos?” He changed the subject.

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