More massive anticorruption protests planned
Plans are ongoing for another massive protest against corruption to be held this month, according to Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) chair Teodoro “Teddy” Casiño.
“There are suggestions that aside from the one on Nov. 30, another big centralized rally should also be held this month. So these are the things that are being discussed now. The various sectors are also preparing their own mass actions, which we are encouraging because of what we are seeing,” Casiño said in an interview with the Inquirer.
The Bayan chair also urged local communities to hold their own mass actions, highlighting the importance of “public pressure” for the government to continue investigating corruption in infrastructure projects.
“We are encouraging the various communities, including schools and churches, and homeowners associations to organize their own [mass] actions. Let’s start with local actions, and then let’s make them bigger and bigger,” Casiño said.
The Church Leaders Council for National Transformation, the organizers of the Sept. 21 “Trillion Peso March” anticorruption protest, announced that it will hold another rally on Nov. 30 in commemoration of Bonifacio Day.
According to the religious group, 100 groups are expected to attend the gathering.
