Jaime Ferrer

Jaime Nery Ferrer (October 14, 1916 – August 2, 1987) was a Filipino lawyer, guerrilla and politician who served as Secretary of Local Government from 1986 until his assassination in 1987.

[2] Ferrer became active in organizing opposition movements against the Marcos dictatorship, joining the Lakas ng Bayan party of Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., which later merged with the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino to form the PDP–Laban in 1982.

[2] He was elected in the Regular Batasang Pambansa as an oppositionist Assemblyman representing the legislative district of Las Piñas–Parañaque,[5] serving until the dissolution of the body in 1986 following Marcos' fall in the EDSA Revolution.

Ferrer joined the cabinet of President Corazon Aquino as Secretary of Local Government after his predecessor, PDP leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. decided to run for the Senate in 1987.

[2] He also ordered local officials throughout the country to form unarmed vigilante groups called Nakasaka, whose full meaning translates from Filipino to People United for Peace.