Naga City Mayor Leni Robredo clarified that she will not attend the anti-corruption rally scheduled on Sunday, November 30, in Manila.
The former vice president corrected a report claiming that she had confirmed her attendance at the demonstration organized by the Trillion Peso March Movement (TPMM) along White Plains Avenue near the EDSA People Power Monument.
The report also claimed that Robredo wanted to show that the people of Naga are taking part in the call to eradicate corruption and hold those involved accountable.
It further claimed that the public official said she preferred to stay on the sidelines and not to interfere with the program, especially since she is a government worker.
Robredo addressed the report on her Facebook account, sharing that she has received several queries about her supposed attendance at the November 30 rally.
“Paglilinaw dahil maraming nagtatanong. Mali po ang news article na ito ng News5 claiming na kinumpirma ko na dadalo ako sa Nov. 30 Rally sa Manila,” she said on Tuesday, November 25.
“Hindi ko po ‘yun sinabi during my regular Monday morning presscon [press conference],” the mayor added.
“Ang sinabi ko po na very supportive ako sa 2nd Trillion Peso March na gagawin dito sa Naga. Gaya ng dati, sasama ako, but will just be in the sidelines, and ang City Government handang tumulong sa pag-secure ng event at kung ano pa ang kailangan,” she continued.
The TPMM will hold another rally against corruption on November 30, which also marks the birthday of Philippine revolutionary leader Andres Bonifacio.
This demonstration is the second of its kind, following the September 21 rally where protesters denounced corruption in the flood control scandal and called for accountability.
The November 30 rally will carry the same agenda. According to TPMM organizers, they will demand no cover-ups in the flood control probe, the forfeiture of alleged stolen funds, the conviction of individuals guilty of corruption, respect for the Constitution and the passage of an anti-dynasty law to prevent the monopoly of political power.
The rally will take place at the same location as before, along White Plains Avenue near the EDSA People Power Monument in Quezon City.
The program will run for the entire day, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Simultaneous anti-corruption rallies are also set to take place across the country on the same day, with 14 locations in Luzon, seven in the Visayas, and eight in Mindanao joining the movement.
The TPMM is a coalition of religious, youth, labor, and women’s groups formed two months after alleged anomalies in flood control projects surfaced.