Protests against Bongbong Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos Sr.'s legacy Groups and individuals have expressed dissent and have protested against Marcos Sr.'s legacy on human rights, historical distortion, corruption, poverty, foreign debt, among many other issues. Groups and veteran activists slammed the order of the Malacañang to declare the birthday of Marcos, Sr. as holiday in the home province of Ilocos Norte. Various groups, such as ecumenical youth group Student Christian Movement of the Philippines (SCMP), have protested against the historical distortion of the legacy of Marcos, Sr. For SCMP, Marcos, Jr. ran "under a massive disinformation campaign, full of lies, and historical distortion" of Marcos, Sr.'s legacy. Numerous groups have also protested to urge the government to hold former Rodrigo Duterte accountable for war on drugs Economic conditions Numerous economic conditions have prompted many groups to stage protests against the administration. Conditions such as poor working situations of farmers and workers, corruption, lack of aid, low wages, high prices, jeepney modernization, maltreatment of health workers, and many more have prompted many groups to protest on many occasions. Human rights On August 10, 2022, groups such as Kilusang Mayo Uno, GABRIELA, and SCMP conducted a mobilization in front of Supreme Court in support of the loved ones and colleagues of missing activists as they urged the issuance of writ of amparo. The activists, Loi Magbanua, Ador Juat, Elgene Mungcal, and Cha Pampoza, have been believed to be abducted by government forces and being held in a military camp. Similar groups earlier protested in front of Camp Aguinaldo in July to call to "surface" the said missing activists. Constitutional reforms Efforts to revised or amend the constitution was also opposed with the Makabayan group organizing protest against it. They argue that proposed economic changes by the Congress are a prelude to the introduction of political amendments including changes on term limits. Former president Rodrigo Duterte and his supporters have also organized separate demonstrations against the Marcos administration. Duterte has alleged that Marcos' allies in the Congress are seeking term extensions for the president's benefit. However Duterte has expressed openness to back economic-related changes. == Events ==

rally at the Araneta Center in Quezon City, February 25, 2022. 2022 presidential elections Numerous groups have expressed their opposition to the candidacy of Bongbong Marcos even before the filing of candidacy. In October 2021, protesters burned an effigy of Marcos, Sr. outside the Commission on Human Rights. Karapatan leader Tinay Palabay said that Bongbong's candidacy is like "de ja vu", "a slap on the faces of the victims of the widespread torture, rapes, and disappearances." The campaign of Leni Robredo for presidency and its accompanying gatherings and protests have also included calls against the restoration of the Marcoses. Robredo said that Bongbong Marcos's candidacy became a factor why she pushed her candidacy for presidency. She voiced her concerns against fake news, disinformation, corruption, and plunder, referring to the legacy of the Marcoses. During the 2016 elections, she successfully ran for vice president against Marcos, Jr. to stop the return of the Marcoses. On February 25, 2022, several groups protested against Marcos' candidacy as they commemorated the anniversary of the People Power Revolution in EDSA. On May 10, several groups protested in front of the COMELEC main office at the Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros. They alleged massive electoral fraud, citing reports of 1,800 defective or malfunctioning VCMs, the voters being asked to leave their ballots at the precinct for mass feeding after some VCMs broke down, and the fast transmission of results. Protesters were reportedly chanting "Marcos, Magnanakaw!" (), a chant popularized during the 1980s. Meanwhile, the Office of the Student Regent of the University of the Philippines called on their students to walk out, announcing that there will be "no classes under a Marcos presidency." Inauguration day June 30, 2022, was the inauguration of the new Marcos administration, held at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila. The Philippine National Police did not allow the protests to be near the venue and only gave permission for protests among Freedom Parks. Leftist group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) held their protest at the Plaza Miranda. At the day of the inauguration, SCMP, in protest, successfully forwarded a resolution to the 37th World Student Christian Federation General Assembly in Berlin entitled "Denounce Rodrigo Duterte for His Crimes Against Humanity and Resist the Newly-Installed Marcos-Duterte Regime". State of the Nation Address 2022 Before the actual speech of the president, numerous opposition groups marched along Commonwealth Avenue to protest against the administration of Marcos, Jr. Progressive groups in other cities such as in Cebu, Baguio, and Davao held anti-SONA protests dubbed as "People's SONA". Groups such as BAYAN challenged the administration to the demands of marginalized groups. Youth group Anakbayan protested against budget cuts. == Protests outside the Philippines ==

Protests outside the Philippines against the Marcos, Jr. administration have been conducted by sympathetic Filipinos in diaspora and of other nationalities in solidarity with the situation of Filipinos. On the day of the inauguration, Filipino activists from Anakbayan, International League of Peoples' Struggle, and other groups marched on Times Square and the Philippine Consulate General in New York. On the day of SONA 2022, activists in New York protested against the regime. They have also called to prosecute former President Duterte. Concurrent protests also occurred in Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. SONA 2022 protests were also held in Toronto, Canada, headed by Anakbayan, while in Australia, mobilizations were mounted in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth. == Response of authorities to the protests ==

On numerous occasions, police forces have faced the protesters and have sometimes dispersed them. Groups such as BAYAN have denounced the Philippine National Police (PNP) against the ban on SONA rallies during the day of SONA as the PNP allowed a pro-Marcos rally near Batasang Pambansa. Militant groups were able to rally along Commonwealth Avenue because of the intervention of the Quezon City local government, thanking mayor Joy Belmonte. In September 2022, ACT Teachers slammed the police forces that halted their mobilization in front of Batasang Pambansa despite securing protest permit from the local government unit. Their protest was in order to lobby to Congress representatives for a bill to increase their teaching allowance. According to the group's chairperson Vladimer Quetua, "they don’t deserve this disrespect and censorship on their right to free speech". On September 9, 2022, youth and student groups were dispersed by the policies for protesting against budget cuts in front of Batasang Pambansa. == See also ==