Thanks. Legal empowerment groups, lawyers, and paralegals are at the forefront of the struggle to protect human rights and to prevent the recurrence of the Philippines’ horrific experience under Marcos. We have to nip in the bud, at the earliest opportunity, attempts to bring back authoritarian rule in the country. Paralegals play key roles in informing communities about rights, in relation to limitations of what government can do, and in documenting violations and abuses.