Duterte to demonstrators: You can protest with no limit

Satur Ocampo with anti-Marcos protesters arrive in Luneta Park, Manila for Black Friday protest against the recent burial of late President Ferdinand Marcos in Libingan ng mga Bayani.INQUIRER PHOTO / RICHARD A. REYES

Mass actions against the “surprise burial” of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani could go on as on long as protesters want even without permits, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday.

“You can freely demonstrate anything … You can protest with no limit. If they say they want to demonstrate for one week, one month, one year, no problem. Nobody will demand permit,” he said in Zamboanga City after he visited wounded soldiers.

The President reiterated his earlier statement that he had ordered the military to be restricted to camps and only policemen would be deployed during the protests.

“They can demonstrate without the permit in open public places but not in buildings because there are people working,” he said.

“If you want to scatter dirt there, fine, we will clean it up for you,” he added.

Aside from the Nov. 25 Black Friday rally, another mass action is set on Nov. 30, Bonifacio Day, at the People Power Monument, which was built to commemorate the Edsa People Power Revolution in 1986 that brought down Marcos.