Taas-kamao para sa dakilang anakpawis!

"Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran bolted
the Marcos prisons, emerged bloodied
from many a street demonstration, and,
even in his advanced years, continued to
fight the government and face threats of arrest.

From joining a taxi drivers’ union in the 1950s
and leading campaigns for higher wages across
five administrations, to becoming a three-term
lawmaker representing militant labor, Beltran
cut an unflinching, if gaunt, figure.

But “Ka Bel” also took these battles home and
turned his otherwise private struggles amid the
rising costs of living into an extension of his
lifelong protest against the system.

His sudden death Tuesday at 75 after an accident
at 6 a.m. at the family home, a barely finished
bungalow whose roof needed repair in time for
the wet season, brought to full light the
proletarian path he had embraced."

(Source: Contreras, Bordadora, Aguilar, Inquirer)