We firmly stand in defense of the people’s history and truth. The Marcos dictatorship itself was built upon anti-communist lies and the only legacy that lives with the Marcoses is their habit to lie, lie, and lie.
We call on Congress to reject Senator Robinhood Padilla’s Senate Bill No. 452 and all efforts to distort our history—especially the brutal history of the Marcos dictatorship and martial law. We also call all freedom-loving Filipinos to join the commemoration of the declaration of martial law and honor our true heroes, the Filipino people and freedom fighters who fought for genuine democracy and national liberation during the Marcos dictatorship.
Now more than ever, ringing the calls “never again” and “never forget” has never been more urgent amid these assaults on truth and history, but we will not back down. Ours, after all, is a history of struggle—and a lesson that it imparts is that the forces of truth, democracy, and justice will prevail.