The Quezon City Department of Public Order and Safety (DPOS) announced that it had officially revoked the permit of protesters at the EDSA People Power Monument for 2 July.

In an order dated 1 July, the department stated that the permit that was granted earlier in the day was cancelled due to the obstruction that the gathering caused on the general public.

The department stated that the protesters were only allowed to stay at the venue until 8:00 p.m. in accordance with a separate permit that was promulgated on Monday, 30 June.

“Part of the responsibility of the local government is to protect the interests of the public. And based on the gathered report, the protest has led to a grave disturbance to the everyday lives of everyone,” the statement read.

According to the DPOS, thousands of Filipinos were inconvenienced with students and workers alike were either late or forced to skip their responsibilities because of the traffic that resulted from the gathering.

The organizers of the rally were also said to have violated an agreement that the event would not occupy space along the northbound lane of EDSA Avenue.

“We respect the freedom to assemble and to express one’s feelings, however it must not impede on the rights of others,” the department said.

On Tuesday, thousands of members of INC staged a surprise rally at the monument in light of the announcement of Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla that he was going to file a case of plunder against Senator Rodante Marcoleta.

Marcoleta and his supporters likewise viewed the development as a blatant display of “selective justice” and the Ombudsman “bending the law” to silence critics of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

According to Remulla, the senator was set to be charged with a case of plunder in relation to his receipt of ₱75-million in “campaign donations” last 2025-an amount that was not disclosed under the latter’s Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN).

Despite calls of the sheer number of rallyists, the Ombudsman said in an interview that they would not hold back and continue to pursue its filing against Marcoleta.

“Nothing has changed. We will file,” Remulla said.

“There is no selective justice in this country when it comes to the Ombudsman,” he noted.

As for Marcoleta, he was present during the closing ceremony of the protest at Quezon City.

There, he maintained that he was innocent and that the case was nothing more than a ploy against the principles he believed in.

“I am ready to be arrested…if this is the price I have to pay to protect justice, the nation’s welfare, and the interests of the Filipino people,” the senator said during the rally.