Rosario "Charito" Lim Planas (April 28, 1930 – December 7, 2017)[1] is a Filipino lawyer, environmentalist, politician, and human rights activist.
[2] After graduating in the University of the Philippines with law degree, she fought against the Marcos' dictatorship by protesting before the Supreme Court, through Planas vs. Comelec, the plebiscite that ratified the 1973 Constitution.
An impoverished freedom fighter, she worked with another in-exiled anti-Marcos Filipino dissenters, spoke at rallies to denounce the dictatorship, lobbied to the US legislators for halting of military aid to the Philippine government.
Despite donations, specifically food and cash from sympathizers (Filipinos and Americans), she had small income and living in a poorly-ventilated and cold space in the basement of an apartment building, of which she only have rented.
[4][5] Planas became a candidate for Metro Manila in the 1978 Batasang Pambansa elections under the banner of Lakas ng Bayan led by Ninoy Aquino, who is imprisoned.