Thousands protest in the Philippines over massive corruption scandal

Thousands of protesters went to the streets in the Philippine capital on Sunday and expressed their anger on a corruption scandal, including deputies, authorities and businessmen, who were allegedly taking large recoils from the flood control projects in the Southeast Asian country, who participated in poverty and prone to the storm.

Police forces and troops were warned to prevent any violence from eruption. Thousands of police officers have been deployed in a historical Manila Park, as well as organizers in recent years to provide separate protests near a monument of democracy in the capital region, where they hoped to draw one of the biggest corruption protesters in the country.

The United States and the Australian embassies have published travel consultants who asked their citizens to stay away from protests as a security measure.
A group of protesters shook the Philippine flags and demanded that everyone in the scandal be prosecuted immediately while walking in the protest and the scandal, “Now, too much imprisonment”.

Student activist Althea Trinidad, “I feel bad for walking in poverty, and we lose our homes, our lives and our future as we rise from our taxes that pay for luxury cars, foreign trips and larger company transactions.” “We want to switch to a system where people are no longer abused.”

Trinidad lives in Bulacan, a flood -leaning state in the north of Manila, where the authorities say that flood control projects are investigated as non -standard or non -existent. “Our aim is not to be destabilized, not to strengthen our democracy.” He said. He called on the public to show peace and to demand accountability. Organizers, protesters will focus on condemning corrupt public affairs officials, legislators and construction companies with a system that allows large -scale corruption, but President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would not want to resign.

Marcos first emphasized the flood control corruption scandal in his annual speech in July.

Later, he established an independent commission to investigate that most of the 9,855 flood control projects worth 545 billion Pesodan (9.5 billion dollars), which had to be done since 2022, said that most of the 9,855 flood control projects were abnormal. He described the corruption scale as “terrible” and accepted the resignation of the Secretary of Public Affairs.

A rich couple who operates several construction companies that have won the public anger and profitable flood project contracts exploded when they showed dozens of Europe and American luxury cars and SUVs during the media talks. The Fleet contained an British luxury car with a cost of 42 million pesoya ($ 737,000), which they said they bought because they came with a free umbrella.

Under intense public criticism, Couple, Sarah and Pacifico Discaya, later on a senate investigation on TV, at least 17 representatives of the parliamentary councils and public affairs officials claimed that they forced them to pay large recoils to secure flood control projects in an explosive statement.

Later, two well -known senators took part in the scandal in a separate home investigation by a former government engineer. All of this refused to do it wrong, but they are facing more than one investigation.

Senate President Francis Escudero and Parliament Speaker Martin Romualdez, both chambers of both chambers of both chambers, a few legislative corruption allegations, after the intensive criticism of the scandal expanded from the scandal.

At least three state engineers were dismissed and 15 other people were investigated before they were dismissed. Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon, all crimes and bank accounts, homes, cars and other assets will be frozen, he said.