Planas, former QC vice mayor, passes away at 87

December 7, 2017

Charito Planas, an opposition figure during the martial law period who later became vice mayor of Quezon, passed away Thursday morning at 87 years old, a statement from Quezon City Hall said.

A necrological service will be held in her honor on December 8 at 9 amat the Carlos Albert Hall, Quezon City Hall.

Planas, born April 28, 1931 in Tondo, led the campaign against the ratification of the 1973 Constitution. She was among the opposition leaders arrested after the declaration of martial law in 1972.

Planas was drafted in the Lakas ng Bayan slate led by former Senator Ninoy Aquino in the 1978 interim Batasan elections. She slipped out of the country after the elections to join the anti-Marcos forces in the US.

She returned to the country after the 1986 People Power revolution and helped revive the Liberal Party. She ran for mayor in the 1988 elections and lost to then incumbent officer-in-charge, Brigido Simon Jr. In the 1992 elections, she became the running mate of then congressman Ismael Mathay Jr. who won the mayoral race.

Planas served as Quezon City vice mayor from 1992 to 1995. She later served as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s spokesperson with the rank of Undersecretary in the Office of the President in 2010-2011. DMS