Hundreds of thousands of people gathered yesterday in the Philippine capital, Manila, to demand accountability for a flood-control corruption scandal that has implicated top government officials and powerful members of Congress.
The protest in Manila’s Rizal Park, the first of a planned three-day “Rally for Transparency and a Better Democracy” organized by the influential Iglesia Ni Cristo, or Church of Christ, attracted an estimated crowd of 650,000. According to the Associated Press, “many wore white shirts and carried anti-corruption placards,” some of which read “Don’t Bend the Law.”
“We come together not to meddle in politics, but to stand with our fellow Filipinos who are calling for truth after more than 100 days of una
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