BULAKAN, Bulacan–The province honored former senator, writer and martial law freedom icon Francisco “Soc” Rodrigo with a bust and a school building named after him, during rites held on Friday (Jan. 27) ahead of the 103rd commemoration of his birth Saturday, January 29.

Rodrigo, who was jailed along with the late senators Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. and Jose “Ka Pepe” Diokno following the declaration of Martial Law in 1972, passed away on Jan. 4, 1998.

A newly constructed Activity Center of the Bulacan State University (BulSU) Meneses Campus here was named after Rodrigo. His bust stands in front of the facility.

Rodrigo was born in Barangay (village) San Jose on Jan. 29, 1914.

He was a member of 1987 Constitutional Commission which crafted the 1987 Philippine Constitution, following the ouster of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

He is buried at this town’s cemetery. In 1998, his name was inscribed at the “Bantayog ng mga Bayani.”

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