In Defense of Human Rights and Dignity Movement (iDEFEND) Reaction to PBBM's 4th SONA #SONA2025

Led by Tindig Pilipinas, the coalition includes the Nagkaisa! Labor Coalition, Kalipunan ng Kilusang Masa, iDefend, Clergy for Good Governance and other sectoral and faith-based groups. The protesters cited alleged corruption in flood-control projects, political dynasties, workers’ rights and what they described as continuing government repression. “On the eve of Martial Law, we are here at the EDSA Shrine to remind the people of the bloody and dark period of Martial Law, and that it is still happening until now,” People’s Assembly labor sector convenor Judy Ann Miranda told the DAILY TRIBUNE. Miranda said Filipinos continued to face problems similar to those during the “Apo Marcos Sr. dictatorship” and the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. “From the People’s Assembly and the ranks of workers in Partido Manggagawa, the truth should not be erased,” she said. Senator Imee Marcos, the President’s sister, has herself said her family was given a second chance to redeem its name but that the opportunity had been squandered. “It was a tragedy that our own family had been given a second chance and instead of grabbing it and leveraging it into great development and prosperity for the Filipino people, we’ve just wasted it,” Imee said in...

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