Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Gore rimwe gare gare, muna 1975, Diokno akasarudzwa kuva sachigaro weCivil Liberties Union, chinzvimbo chaakabata kusvikira muna 1982. Gare gare muna Kurume 1983, Diokno akatanga sangano re "Kilusan sa Kapangyarihan at Karapatan ng Bayan" (Movement for People's Sovereignty and Democracy) kana KAAKBAY, iro raive rakazvimiririra pane zvitendero zvakaita seMarxism asi rakabatana nevamwe vaMarxist uye Capitalists. KAAKBAY akafurira vanhu uye akarwa zvakasimba nehurumende yaMarcos achishandisa kurwira kusiri kwechisimba kana kuti "zvematongerwe enyika ezvematongerwe enyika". KAAKBAY gare gare akasimudza zvematongerwe enyika zvematongerwe enyika senheyo inokosha ye post-democracy kuburikidza nekubudiswa kwayo kunonzi "The "Plaridel" Papers". Chinyorwa chaAugust 1984 cheThe "Plaridel" Papers chakaita kuti pfungwa yezvematongerwe enyika yokumanikidzira ive yakakurumbira uye yakatanga gadziriro yezvematongerwe enyika yaizobatanidza "paramende yemigwagwa" mukuvaka "hurumende yevanhu". KAAKBAY yaivewo imwe yenhengo huru dzemasangano eJustice for Aquino, Justice for All (JAJA) mubatanidzwa, iyo yakavambwa naDiokno musi waAugust 25, 1983 zvichitevera kuurayiwa kwa "Ninoy" Aquino
nokuda kwokudzokera kunyika kunotarisana naMarcos. JAJA yakanga iri sangano rokutanga rakabatana mukurwisana naMarcos, asi harina kugara kwenguva refu. KAAKBAY yakashanda semubatanidzwa mukuru uyo wakachengeta mamwe mapoka akanyanyisa kubva paJAJA. Nenzira isingafadzi, JAJA gare gare yakatsiviwa neKubatana kweMasangano Okudzorera Democracy (CORD) pakati pa1984, uko kwakanga kune mitezo yakafanana. Kusati kwasikwa kweCORD, vazhinji vaimbove nhengo dzeJAJA vakanga vasingabvumirani nemakomonisiti vakarongawo mubatanidzwa wakakura zvikuru unonzi "Kongreso ng Mamamayang Pilipino" (KOMPIL) kana kuti Congress of the Filipino People, uye yaitungamirirwa zvikuru naDiokno.