WATCH: Edsa-White Plains back to normal after INC rally moves to Manila

MANILA, Philippines — The traffic situation along the Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa)-White Plains Avenue area has returned to normal on Thursday, July 2, after the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC)-led rally moved to the Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila.

All northbound lanes of Edsa from Ortigas Avenue to Bonny Serrano Avenue; all westbound and eastbound lanes of White Plains Avenue; and the Edsa-Ortigas Avenue northbound service road are now fully passable as of 8:30 a.m.

Only a few chairs, industrial fans, tents and portalets remained along White Plains Avenue and around the People Power Monument, while no vehicles were seen parked along Edsa-Ortigas.

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This came two days after the INC staged an apparent surprise rally, shutting down a segment of White Plains Avenue, occupying several lanes of Edsa with parked vehicles carrying protesters, and causing traffic congestion in the area and surrounding major thoroughfares.

As the INC secured a local government permit for a rally on Wednesday, traffic enforcers removed some of the parked vehicles, freeing up about three northbound lanes of Edsa from Ortigas Avenue to Bonny Serrano Avenue.

The Quezon City government, however, revoked the INC’s permit for a rally on Thursday, citing reports of students and workers being affected by the traffic congestion due to Tuesday’s protest-action.

This development prompted the INC to move to the Liwasang Bonifacio, a freedom park where no permits are required for public assemblies.

The INC staged the protest to rally support for Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, who faces an impending plunder case over a P75-million donation to him when he was a congressman before his 2025 senatorial bid. /das

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