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From Luneta to Recto: Rally cut short, but calls for accountability remain
Protesters were prevented by a police barricade from marching to Mendiola Street, continuing their anti-corruption demonstration along Recto Avenue.
Members of various militant groups, including the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), initiated their march from Luneta at noon, aiming to reach Mendiola to call for accountability.
BAYAN president Renato Reyes emphasized that their protest's message includes holding everyone accountable, extending to Malacañang.
Police deployed concrete barriers, barbed wire, container vans, and fire trucks to block the protesters.
During the rally, protesters destroyed an effigy symbolizing the alleged "Buwayang Dalawahan - The Marcos-Duterte Bureaucrat-Capitalist Monster," which represented President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President.
Teddy Casiño, chairman of Bayan, called the heavy security measures imposed by the police an "overkill."
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Secretary General Mong Palatino stated that the rally program was cut short due to technical difficulties, including a generator malfunction, forcing them to rely on megaphones.
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