Abraham Sarmiento completed his primary and secondary education in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, graduating as the valedictorian of his high school class.
19 Facts About Abraham Sarmiento
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Abraham Sarmiento was a member of the Alpha Phi Beta fraternity.
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Abraham Sarmiento successfully ran for a seat to the Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1971 as a delegate from Cavite.
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Abraham Sarmiento was elected vice-president of the convention, which was tasked with the drafting of a new Constitution.
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When Ditto was arrested in 1976, Abraham Sarmiento spent months negotiating with government officials to obtain his son's release.
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Abraham Sarmiento co-founded the National Union for Democracy and Freedom, the Philippine Organization for Human Rights, and the National Union for Liberation.
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Abraham Sarmiento was among the founders of the United Nationalists Democratic Organizations, and served as its secretary-general from 1981 to 1983.
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From 1985 to 1987, Abraham Sarmiento served as the Chief Legal Counsel and Member of the Governing Council of the Lakas ng Bayan.
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Abraham Sarmiento was a member of the executive committee and National Council of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan from 1985 to 1987.
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In 1979, Abraham Sarmiento co-authored a book, The Road Back to Democracy, with former Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal and three others.
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Abraham Sarmiento would serve on the High Court until he reached the compulsory retirement age of 70 in 1991.
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In People v Nazario, 165 SCRA 186, the Court through Sarmiento acknowledged the void for vagueness rule as able to invalidate criminal statutes.
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In Marcos v Manglapus, 178 SCRA 760, Sarmiento dissented from the majority which affirmed President Aquino's ban on the re-entry to the Philippines of Ferdinand Marcos.
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In Umil v Ramos, 187 SCRA 311, Sarmiento published a strongly worded dissenting opinion to the majority opinion, which had held that there was no need to procure an arrest warrant to detain persons charged with the crimes of rebellion or subversion.
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Abraham Sarmiento invoked the diminution of civil liberties during the Marcos administration, writing:.
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Since 2002, Abraham Sarmiento had served as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines.
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Abraham Sarmiento was in fact appointed by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as a Regent until September 29,2010.
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Regent to President Benigno S Aquino III and this renomination remained pending even as Sarmiento died in Prague, Czech Republic on October 3,2010.
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Abraham Sarmiento died due to apparent organ failure, while visiting Prague, Czech Republic, was reported in the Philippine media on October 4,2010.