Ninoy Aquino, then Senator of the Republic. Arrested and detained in Fort Bonifacio, he was the Peoples Coalition rallying point;
Jerry Barican, then spearpoint of the nationalist youth movement in the late 60s through early 70s;
Alexander Boncayao, a labor leader who wanted to restore what Martial Law took away, the workers right to strike;
Feli Cabigao, famed as Manilas graftbusting vice-mayor and councilor;
Juan T. David, a nationalist who vowed to dismantle Martial Law;
Jimmy Ferrer, removed as chairman of COMELEC when martial law was imposed;
Neptali Gonzales, was Ninoys choice for pointman in the LPs Senate lineup if the 1973 elections pushed through; Ninoys first recruit in Laban;
Teofisto Guingona, a Con-Con delegate, a lawyer and former Phil. Chamber of Commerce president who envisioned a clean government and consumer protection;
Trining Herrera, a social worker, voice of Metro Manilas two million slum-dwellers;
Primo de Leon, a World War II veteran, and a former secretary of Manilas two great performing mayors, Arsenio H. Lacson and Antonio Villegas;
Cesar (Chito) Lucero Jr., Manilas No. 1 fiscalizer before and since martial law, voted Manilas "Outstanding Councilor" repeatedly;
Ernie Maceda, a Marcos executive who wanted to expose graft and corruption in the New Society as a way of atoning for his contribution to setting up one of the most repressive and corrupt dictatorships in the Third World;
Antonio Martinez, a physician who was voted No. 1 councilor by labor and media;
Monching Mitra, a former Senator and Congressman, one of Ninoys closest friends who was also his cellmate in Fort Bonifacio when martial law was imposed;
Charito Planas, a lawyer, civic leader and philanthropist, called "Joan of Arc", fearless nemesis of the martial rule, relentless defender of the poor and oppressed;
Nene Pimentel, a Con-Con delegate, law dean, civil libertarian political detainee, who co-authored the resolution banning presidents and their families from perpetuating themselves in power;
Nap Rama, a political writer of the Philippine Free Press, and a vice-president of the Constitutional Convention;
Soc Rodrigo, a former Senator, radio-TV commentator, Taliba columnist, a law professor and Ninoys lawyer since in the IBP;
Ernesto Rondon, a former Con-Con delegate, radio commentator, champion of consumer rights, defender of human rights, arch critic of martial law;
Noli Santos, a labor lawyer and UP and UE lecturer who fought for the creation of a Peoples Watchdog Against Corruption in Government;
Yours truly, Anding Roces, was also one of the above Lakas ng Bayan candidates who "forged into LABAN, the peoples coalition, by a common persuasion: to speak the peoples truth, to demand the peoples freedom!" as written in the 1978 Laban campaign poster.