Flag flown half-staff at Senate to mourn passing of Rene Saguisag

The Philippine flag at the Senate building in Pasay City is flown at half-mast after the death of rights lawyer and former Senator Rene Saguisag. / Photo: Senate

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine flag at the Senate was flown at half-staff on Wednesday in honor of former senator and human rights lawyer Rene Saguisag.

His family announced Saguisag’s death on Wednesday. He was 84.

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The former senator’s term in the upper chamber was short-lived, serving only one term in 1987 and ending in 1992.

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He chaired the Senate’s committee on ethics and privilege and the ad hoc committee on the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.

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“He was one of the two senators who attended all 415 session days from July 1987 to June 1990,” the Senate’s profile on Saguisag read.

Before being a senator, Saguisag also served as a spokesman for then-president Cory Aquino.