TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sarmiento,Abraham F.
TI  - Dissent and resistance
SN  - 9715423175 [paperback]
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Quezon City
PB  - University of the Philippines Press
KW  - Sarmiento, Abraham F.,
KW  - Philippines
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1973-1986
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: 1971-1980 In search of a peaceful solution to a revolutionary situation -- Why retain the presidential system of government in the new constitution -- On the necessity of closer relationship between people and government -- The universality of the university -- A valedictory of sorts: on martial law, the political system, and the UP alumni -- 1981 A demand for fair, clean, honest, and free elections -- A call for a "no" -- Why rotarians must vote "no" -- Boycott and the freedom of conscience -- Boycott -- Tungo sa nagkakaisang kilusang bayan ng timog katagalugan -- Our tasks -- 1982 -- The tyranny of the magna carta for students -- A message to the national labor assembly -- The Marcos U.S. state visit: subservience vs. independence -- The role of the United churchmen in contemporary Philippine society -- 1983 -- The Southern tagalog experience -- The Filipino people shall prevail -- Food and freedom -- The proper role of a lawyer in society -- A tribute to Lorenzo M. Tañada: contitutionalist -- Freedom of the press and its realities in the Philippines -- In the end we all must die -- Pagkakaisang diwa sa katarungan, kalayaan, at kapayapaan: ang hamon sa lahat -- Challenging the mockery of laws and of the law -- The Filipino lawyers' response to present Philippine realities -- Oppressive and repressive decrees -- Genuine national reconciliation or civil disobedience -- 1984 -- Boycott the election for a useless, expensive and obsequious second legislature -- Semi-parliamentary democracy or presidential dictatorship -- Aberrations of amendment no. 6 and Marco's lawmaking powers -- The absence of nationalism in the Philippines: September 21, 1972 to the present -- The liberal party program of government-- people-oriented -- 1985 -- Accreditation of political parties and the dominant opposition party -- Rejecting the Philippine-Japan treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation -- The response of the church to the present realities: from a layman;'s point of view -- The public assembly act of 1985
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