The recent Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) mobilization along EDSA deserves attention, not as an endorsement of its objectives or its politics, but for demonstrating a level of organizational capacity that few groups in the Philippines can still match. Regardless of where one stands on the rally’s purpose, the facts are difficult to ignore. The demonstration forced road closures along EDSA, disrupted rush-hour traffic across Metro Manila, prompted the deployment of hundreds of police

Gaddi alleges that certain individuals wanted Kayumanggi to align itself with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. When she refused, she says, she was eventually accused of red-tagging them.