The Quezon City authorities permitted progressive group Bayan to carry a protest alongside Commonwealth Avenue throughout Monday’s SONA 2023.
According to the allow issued to Bayan, the People’s SONA was authorised for 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. alongside Commonwealth Avenue as much as Tandang Sora Avenue.
“The city interposes no objection to the aforementioned activity, provided that all guidelines imposed by the Inter-Agency Task Force of the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease will be strictly observed and that the normal flow of traffic will not be impeded during the entire activity,” learn the allow.
Various protest teams had been anticipated to collect to “speak out against the corruption, cronyism, and abuses of the presidency.”
International protests have additionally been scheduled all through the week in a number of states and embassies abroad within the United States, Asia Pacific, and Canada.
Meanwhile, the Philippine National Police will deploy 25,000 personnel to keep up order throughout the SONA. They additionally promised that most tolerance can be applied on the protesters. — DVM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
