UPI rally cut short over permit violations, seditious chants

Members of the United People's Initiative (UPI) joined other groups protesting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s resignation on Tuesday afternoon after their permit for a three-day mass action was denied.

The number of UPI attendees significantly decreased to 300 on Tuesday, a sharp drop from the thousands who participated on the previous two days.

The Quezon City government stated that the rally was cut short because participants violated the permit's conditions by making seditious statements, specifically chanting 'Marcos resign!'.

However, a UPI official admitted that their attendees did break the agreement of the permit due to a surge of emotions, specifically acknowledging the "BBM (Bongbong Marcos) resign!" chants.

Despite the government's claims, PDP-Laban's Jimmy Bondoc, who attended the first two days of the rally, maintained that the UPI protest remained peaceful and denied any acts of sedition occurred.