| A group of workers stage a "die-in," blocking traffic during a rally near Malacañang. Police maintain that the area close to the presidential palace remains a "no-rally zone" even after the Supreme Court declared the calibrated preemptive response (CPR) policy of the Arroyo administration is unconstitutional. (AP photo) |
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MANILA -- The calibrated pre-emptive response (CPR) policy of the Arroyo administration may be out but Malacañang said it will have no qualms in reinstating a state of national emergency should protesters in the planned Labor Day mass actions become unruly.
Pro-Arroyo legislators, however, believe that the rallies on Monday "will not reach a boiling point."
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