Police stay as Duterte supporters leave EDSA Shrine

Christopher Sitson

ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA — Some police officers were seen around EDSA Shrine in Quezon City before dawn on Monday, hours after Vice President Sara Duterte and her family’s supporters left the area. </p><p>Eight police vehicles including five big trucks occupied the area behind the historic shrine at 2 a.m.    </p><p>According to some police officers, Duterte supporters started to leave the area around 10 p.m. Sunday. </p><p>Supporters who gathered near the church grounds were asked to vacate in time for the holy mass. Duterte fans then transferred outside a mall near the EDSA shrine.</p><p>Some supporters of the Duterte family had assembled at the shrine for almost a week since Tuesday morning.</p><div><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:560px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:498px;height:282px;display:block;flex-grow:1" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1863293320337997965&amp;lang=en&amp;maxWidth=560px&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-12-02T00%3A05%3A12.611542%3A5be4e3f7-1963-4e86-ae29-edd993accd25%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=d0db3d387079258f9446ff268af250b93e0ea08c&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" data-tweet-id="1863293320337997965"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><br/></div><p>The crowd flocked to the area after former President Rodrigo Duterte called on the military to “correct” the Marcos administration. But he also said that the issues surrounding his daughter Vice President Sara Duterte were too &quot;insignificant&quot; to initiate a mass movement.  </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/25/duterte-says-row-involving-daughter-insignificant-2334">Duterte says row involving daughter ‘insignificant’; shrugs off calls for ‘people power’</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/27/nbi-looking-into-rodrigo-duterte-s-call-for-military-action-vs-marcos-gov-t-0809">NBI looking into Rodrigo Duterte’s call for military action vs Marcos gov’t</a></div><p>The Philippine National Police (PNP) last week presented to the media several videos which supposedly showed the transportation and payment of Duterte supporters who gathered at the EDSA Shrine. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/27/hakot-videos-show-some-duterte-supporters-allegedly-transported-paid-at-edsa-shrine-pnp-1412">Hakot? Videos show some Duterte supporters allegedly transported, paid at EDSA Shrine - PNP</a></div><p>PNP spokesperson BGen. Jean Fajardo said there was a logbook of those who allegedly received payment to attend the gathering. The supporters were allegedly promised P500, but some complained that they only received P200.</p><p>There was no immediate comment from Vice President Duterte’s office on this. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/12/1/marcos-dutetre-reconciliation-unlikely-despite-attempts-to-deescalate-analyst-1221">Marcos-Duterte reconciliation unlikely despite attempts to deescalate — analyst</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/26/-i-have-to-die-first-sara-duterte-explains-condition-of-revenge-plot-vs-marcoses-1522">&#x27;I have to die first&#x27;: Sara Duterte explains condition of &#x27;revenge&#x27; plot vs Marcoses</a></div>

<p>Some police officers were seen around EDSA Shrine in Quezon City before dawn on Monday, hours after Vice President Sara Duterte and her family’s supporters left the area. </p>

Some police officers were seen around EDSA Shrine in Quezon City before dawn on Monday, hours after Vice President Sara Duterte and her family’s supporters left the area.

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Police stay as Duterte supporters leave EDSA Shrine

Police stay as Duterte supporters leave EDSA Shrine

Christopher Sitson,

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Published Dec 02, 2024 08:15 AM PHT

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