Iloilo City mayor bans rallies during Dinagyang festivities

The Dinagyang Festival, now on its 55th year, is held every fourth Sunday of January in honor of the Santo Niño or the Holy Child Jesus.In his executive order, Treñas directed the Iloilo City Police Office to suspend the issuance of rally permits during the Dinagyang. But the mayor also stressed the ICPO was directed to exercise maximum tolerance should a protest action be held on Jan. 21 and Jan. 22.

Treñas called on those joining in the Dinagyang to enjoy the festivities, the first in-person celebration since it was reduced to an online event in 2021 and 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Everyone wants to go out of their homes and celebrate this time around. We want everyone to enjoy and inform everyone that the economy has been reopened,” he said.

Bryan Bosque, deputy spokesperson for the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan on Panay Island, said the mayor’s order violated freedom of expression, adding: “You cannot restrict [protests] just because you are concerned with their effects, and based on our experience, we have joined Dinagyang lengthily bringing our political calls, but we don’t remember any negative effects on the conduct of the festival in the city.

But, in a phone interview on Friday, he stressed: “Their reason may be that there would be no place [to hold a protest rally] or it may cause [heavy] traffic. But on the issue of suspending [rallies], they have to be able to justify that there is clear and present danger, and if they cannot approve that, that may be a clear violation [of the Constitution] as already stated by the Supreme Court in multiple cases.

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