Youth and student groups held anew a nationally coordinated protest and walkout against corruption on November 21. They marched to Mendiola in Manila and held local programs in many cities across Metro Manila and in eight other cities and provinces. These actions are part of the weekly Black Friday Protest of the Kilusang Bayan Kontra Kurakot (KBKK, or People’s Movement Against Corruption).

The Youth Rage Against Corruption (YRAC) led the march of 1,500 youth in Mendiola. Students from the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, University of Sto. Tomas, Far Eastern University, University of the East, National University, and Adamson University joined the protest. Groups that are part of the alliances One Taft, One University Belt, and One Intramuros also participated.

The youth’s primary clamor in Mendiola: “Marcos, Duterte, resign!” An YRAC leader Tiffany Brillante said, “The Marcoses and Dutertes keep us going in circles to avoid being implicated in the corruption they themselves engineered. The people are fed up with the ruling dynasty, so they must be removed from office.”

YRAC’s protest in Mendiola on November 21 marked the third youth-led march. They held their first mass action on October 17, followed by a protest on November 17 to mark International Students Day.

YRAC condemned Marcos’s attempts to intimidate the youth into stopping their actions. “Our demand for resignation will not stop despite lawsuit threats. Marcos Jr and Sara Duterte should be the ones afraid once they are fully engulfed by the youth’s outrage,” Brillante said.

Outside Manila, YRAC’s allied groups held protests in Pampanga, Rizal, Cavite, Batangas, Quezon, in Calamba and Los Baños in Laguna, as well as in Tacloban City and Davao City.

YRAC will rejoin the KBKK-led people’s protest at Luneta Park on November 30. At Baha sa Luneta 2.0, KBKK will demand accountability for everyone involved in the Marcos regime’s corruption.

“From the simple call ‘hold the corrupt accountable’ to deeper demands for Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte to resign and to overhaul the rotten government system, all legitimate clamor of the people have space and must be heard,” KBKK declared regarding the protest.