Over 1,000 rallyists encouraged the public to unite as one and show their support for the initiatives of President Marcos in the West Philippine Sea in Morayta, Manila on Sunday, April 28.
The Alyansa Bantay Kapayapaan at Demokrasya (ABKD) said that they support the programs and policies of the Marcos administration to fight and protect the country's territories in the WPS and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
"Ang susi para tuldukan ang pangha-harass, pananakot, at pangbu-bully ng China Coast Guard (CCG) sa mga barko ng Pilipinas at mangingisdang Pilipino sa WPS at EEZ ng Pilipinas ay ang pagkakaisa ng mamamayan at ng pamahalaan (The key to stop the Chinese Coast Guard's harassment, intimidation, and bullying of Philippine ships and Filipino fishermen in the Philippine WPS and EEZ is the unity of the people and the government),” the group leader, Rodolfo Villena, Jr. said.
The other group of rallyists from Bulacan, Pampanga, Zambales, Laguna, and Cavite also joined the protest to show their support.
During the program, they held a cultural presentation where they presented effigies of the CCG ship, former President Duterte, and Chinese President Xi.
Their presentation showed that group leaders were pushing the effigies of the CCG ship that symbolized driving them away in a peaceful way, even though they were harassing Filipino soldiers and fishermen in the territories and exclusive economic zones of the Philippines.
“Ipinapakita namin sa aming maikling pagsasadula at pangtatanghal na sa tingin namin, kung tayo ay magkakaisa at sama-samang kikilos ay magagawa nating maresolba ang hindi pagkakaunawaan sa maayos na pamamaraan kahit tayo ay hinaharass at ginagamitan pagbomba ng Water Canon ng China Coast Guard ay kailanman hindi tayo gagamit ng dahas para sa paggiit ng ating mga karapatan para sa kapayapaan (We only want to show that if we are united and act together, we can resolve the dispute in a proper way even if we are harassed and being water cannoned bombing by China Coast Guard, we will never use violence to assert our rights for peace),” Villena stated.
The protesters ended the program by lighting candles to pray for peace around the world and asked again for unity to defend and fight the mandate of the Marcos administration against all threats of disruption and destabilization.
“Filipinos do not yield! We stand and protect PBBM,” they said.