Police may tow INC buses if they remain on Edsa, NCRPO says

MANILA, Philippines — National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) director Maj. Gen. Anthony Aberin asked the organizers of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC)-led rally in Quezon City to back their buses up into White Plains Avenue to further clear the northbound lanes of Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa).

“[Quezon City Police District director Brig. Gen. Randy Glenn Silvio] is just waiting for the person holding the key because, yesterday, the key was removed. So, let’s wait. And if they don’t leave, we will talk again with them,” Aberin told reporters at the People Power Monument on Wednesday morning.

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“If they really don’t want to, then that’s the time that we’ll tow them,” he added without specifying when.

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The buses carried rallyists to the INC-led rally early Tuesday morning and were initially parked along White Plains Avenue before suddenly moving forward and blocking all northbound lanes of Edsa.

After 30 minutes, they moved back into White Plains Avenue, clearing traffic for one Edsa northbound lane.

The INC mounted the rally in support of Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, who faces an impending plunder case for a P75-million donation when he was a congressman before his 2025 senatorial bid.

The rally organizers secured a permit to hold the protest along White Plains Avenue on Wednesday, July 1. /das

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