Rallies will be allowed as long as there is a permit, says Metro police chief

RALLIES will be respected as long as there is a permit to hold them, newly installed National Capital Regional Police Office (NCRPO) Chief Camilo Cascolan said on Monday.

"We do respect the conduct of [the] rally as one of the avenues in conveying justice to demands so long as the [rallyists] abide by the policy of seeking permits to conduct such [activity] in an orderly and peaceful manner," Cascolan said in a statement after supporters of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) staged a lightning rally on the intersection of Cubao and Edsa in Quezon City earlier in the day to celebrate the 45^th founding anniversary of the political wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).