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About 1,500 activists led by the newly-formed Babae Laban sa
Katiwalian (BaBaLa!) marched Saturday to Malacañang to demand
embattled President Gloria Arroyo to step down.
The women’s march, also intended to
commemorate International Women’s Day, is the latest in a series
of protests calling for her to resign.
The protesters, led by feminist groups, burned
an effigy of Arroyo as they waved placards saying “Gloria out
now” and “She is evil.”
Riot police formed a cordon to prevent
demonstrators from getting near the palace, but did not interfere
with the protest.
Arroyo has come under pressure during recent
weeks to resign over allegations that her husband and a close
political ally sought millions of dollars in kickbacks from
China’s ZTE Corp. to help it win a national Internet broadband
deal.
-- AFP
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