Former Pampanga Governor and Congressman Jose B. Lingad became the first opposition politician killed during the martial law regime.
HISTORY FOR YOU Former Pampanga Governor and Congressman Jose B. Lingad became the first opposition politician killed during the martial law regime. A World War II veteran, guerilla fighter and local politician, Lingad already had a taste of Pampanga politics before the war as a councilor in his hometown in Lubao, Pampanga.. With the inauguration of the Third Republic, he joined the Liberal Party under President Manuel Roxas and ran for governor of Pampanga. He became known as a fierce fighter against the Huks during the post-war Huk Rebellion. (Some newspapermen considered him a warlord with the private army he had use to fight the rebels). Lingad's political career was derailed after he was implicated in the Maliwalu Massacre in 1951. He was eventually cleared of responsibility of the killings but he lost in his bid for reelection. He was appointed as an official in various government positions by his Lubao townmate, President Diosdado Macapagal bef...