Martial law made me well-known enough via name recall to be elected senator in 1987 without having to spend a single centavo of my own. A grateful people rewarded me for human rights lawyering. Candidate Cory Aquino had made me her spokesperson during the 1985-86 snap polls; in February 25, 1986, Prez Cory asked me to continue to speak for her. I looked down at my shoes a long, long time. I got chided. But, I have always believed that public service is its own reward. And we had two Prezs that dusk. Walang iwanan at a time of peril.
Martial law made many wives happy that their husbands would come home early because of curfew. But some machos might have claimed overtime work and spent the whole night in a motel with their instead.
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