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DESPERADONG GALAWAN NI IMEE Palace Press Officer USec. Claire Castro slammed Senator Imee Marcos following her INC rally claim that President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. is using illegal drugs, calling the senator’s actions “desperate moves” meant to malign her own brother and First Lady Liza Marcos. Castro questioned the motive behind Imee’s statements, saying they serve no purpose but to cause damage. Courtesy: Atty. Claire Castro/YT

Congratulations to everyone who showed up today in Forbes Park. Let me just share a widely studied principle in political science called the “3.5% rule.” According to research, history shows that when around 3.5% of a nation’s population consistently participates in protests, that movement almost always succeeds in forcing real change. For the Philippines, that’s roughly 4 million people. But here’s the key part: they don’t have to protest all at once or in one place. That number refers to collective and sustained participation — people across the country taking part in waves, over weeks or months, through rallies, strikes, organizing, and civic actions. It’s about building steady pressure. So today matters. Every action adds up. Every gathering contributes to that momentum. What counts is not just the size of one protest, but the persistence of many. And as the country’s situation grows more fragile by the day — especially with the impending economic winter — I can only see these protests gaining strength in the coming weeks and months.