Philippines (CPP), through its Chief Information Officer Marco Valbuena, on 13 January, 2025, exposed the rally organized by the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), Church of Christ, held on the same day in Luneta Park in Manila as a brazen attempt to derail the Filipino people’s quest to attain justice for high crimes of corruption and mass killings perpetrated by former President Rodrigo Duterte and current Vice President Sara Duterte.

The CPP said, the leaders and organizers of the rally raised the deceptive call for “peace” only to use the assembly as a political leverage to intimidate those seeking to impeach Sara Duterte, while trying to curry favors from candidates in the upcoming midterm elections.

The INC spent hundreds of millions of pesos to provide transportation, overnight hotel and other accommodations to the participants. The participants were obligated by their religious affiliation to join the rally, although many among them are aware how they are being exploited as pawns in his cynical game of power and corruption being played by big bureaucrat capitalists.

The CPP pointed out that the leaders of the INC are “notorious political opportunists who support and connive with bureaucrat capitalists. They have a history of colluding with the Duterte tyranny and were favored by Duterte. Similarly, they supported the Marcos Sr martial law regime and received vast favors from the dictatorship. They also staged demonstrations in 2001 as a show of force for ousted president Joseph Estrada.”

Marcos Jr has been consolidating power to push the Dutertes out of power, but nevertheless reiterated his position against the plan by various democratic groups to push the impeachment of Sara Duterte. The CPP said, Marcos Jr, by doing so, has further isolated his regime from the broad masses of the people, who are growing increasingly restless over constantly rising prices, low wages and widespread joblessness under his regime.

The CPP enjoins the Filipino people must strengthen their unity to raise their voices and push for their demand to impeach Sara Duterte, and to arrest and try Rodrigo Duterte, in order to hold them accountable to the people.