PATRIOT-parliamentarian Edcel Lagman developed a close friendship with Pampanga's second district representative Emigdio Lingad during their term in the 8th Congress, and the why is easy to explain. Emy's father, Joe Lingad, a fierce opponent of martial law, was assassinated after winning the Pampanga gubernatorial race in 1980, then lost in the Comelec count.
Hermon Lagman, Edcel's lawyer-brother who defended workers and trade unions, disappeared during the early years of martial law, never to be seen again.
