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Viewing cable 06MANILA1886, PEACEFUL MAY DAY RALLIES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06MANILA1886 2006-05-02 09:18 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Manila
VZCZCXRO0443
PP RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHML #1886/01 1220918
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 020918Z MAY 06
FM AMEMBASSY MANILA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0799
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RHHMUNA/CDRUSPACOM HONOLULU HI
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MANILA 001886 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, DS 
 
E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: PINS ASEC RP
SUBJECT:  PEACEFUL MAY DAY RALLIES 
 
REF: A.  OPS CENTER - MANILA 05/01/2006 TELCON 
 
B.  MANILA 1812 
C.  MANILA 1342 
 
1.  (SBU) Summary:  Rallies in Manila and elsewhere in the 
Philippines were moderate in size and largely peaceful on 
the national labor day holiday of May 1.  The largest 
rallies, which leftist groups organized, took place in 
Manila, but mainstream opposition parties also put on at 
least one other rally.  Security forces were very careful 
not to provoke rally goers, and there were no reports of 
violence, apart from some pushing and shoving.  In the lead 
up to May Day, government andOpposition elements had warned 
that there could e serious disturbances and perhaps even a 
coup atempt, none of which panned out.  End Summary. 
 
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Left out in Force 
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2.  (U) On the national Labor Day holiday f May 1, street 
protests by leftist groups and oher Opposition elements 
ended peacefully, with n serious violence.  Members of 
militant labor oranizations held rallies in four designated 
"freedom parks" in the Metro Manila area to demand an 
icrease in the minimum wage, to renew their calls for the 
ouster of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and to voice 
their opposition to proposals to change the Philippine 
Constitution.  Police estimated the number of demonstrators 
city-wide at approximately 10,000.  Key rally organizers 
included the leftist political organizations BAYAN, Kilusang 
Mambubukid ng Pilipinas (Peasant Movement of the 
Philippines), Partidong Mangagawa (Workers' Party), as well 
as the left-wing unions, Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First 
Movement), and the Alliance of Progressive Labor. 
Simultaneous protest rallies, held in other major cities 
throughout the country, also ended peacefully, despite 
isolated reports of minor scuffles. 
 
3.  (U) In addition to the leftist-sponsored rallies, 
approximately 1,000 supporters of former president Joseph 
Estrada and former presidential candidate (now deceased) 
Fernando Poe Jr. staged a march in Manila to commemorate the 
fifth anniversary of EDSA 3, the failed violent uprising 
which sought to topple the newly installed Arroyo government 
in 2001.  They demanded the release of Estrada, who is 
presently under house arrest while on trial for corruption 
charges (ref C). 
 
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GRP Treads Carefully 
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4.  (U) Amid rumors of renewed destabilization threats, the 
police and the military went on full alert and set up 
checkpoints along highways into Manila, as is standard 
procedure on May 1.  Police secured approaches to Malacanang 
Palace, as well as to the EDSA Shrine -- a traditional venue 
of anti-government protest.  The Armed Forces of the 
Philippines (AFP) activated 4,000 standby troops at Camp 
Aguinaldo in Manila but did not deploy them into the 
streets, in an effort to maintain a low profile and avoid 
provoking violent confrontations with protesters.  In 
accordance with Malacanang's orders (and an April 25 Supreme 
Court ruling - ref b), police exercised "maximum tolerance" 
in dealing with demonstrators.  At one point in the late 
afternoon of May 1, labor demonstrators attempted to march 
on the Mendiola Bridge near Malacanang but were blocked by 
the police about a kilometer away from their destination. 
After negotiations between police and rally organizers, the 
demonstrators agreed to disperse peacefully. 
 
5.  (U) Manila Mayor Jose Atienza announced on April 29 that 
the city had designated five "freedom parks" -- public areas 
where protesters may hold rallies without a permit -- in 
compliance with the latest Supreme Court decision.  Several 
but not all of the May 1 demonstrations took place in these 
newly-designated "freedom parks."  Several cities in Metro 
Manila also issued permits for rallies, while several small 
protests reportedly took place peacefully even in the 
absence of a permit, contrary to long-standing law also 
affirmed in the Supreme Court decision. 
 
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Comment 
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MANILA 00001886  002 OF 002 
 
 
6.  (SBU) In the lead up to May Day, government and 
opposition elements had warned that there could be serious 
disturbances and perhaps even a coup attempt, none of which 
panned out.  In light of that good news, many observers are 
breathing a sigh of relief.  Others noted that the 
opposition is seriously short of the cash to stage large- 
scale protests, given the need -- at a minimum -- to 
transport and feed participants.  Any spell of relief from 
the Philippines' endemic political turbulence will be short, 
however, with the Senate planning to resume hearings into 
alleged cheating during the 2004 presidential elections by 
President Arroyo and her associates when it comes back from 
break in mid-May, as well as another expected effort at 
impeachment of the President in the lower house in July. 
KENNEY