MILITANT groups in Northern Mindanao destroyed Monday, July 23, a dragon-like effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte to mark the Chief Executive's two years in office.
They called the effigy "Dutertemonyo."
The 15-feet effigy has horns, which Fr. Rolando Abejo of the Movement Against Tyranny in Northern Mindanao said, symbolize Duterte's evil-like administration.
The effigy also has wings. The left wing has the United States flag, while the right part has the China flag, symbolizing Duterte's "love" to both countries.
It was destroyed at Magsaysay Park, Divisoria, on Monday noon, July 23.
Datu Jomorito Goaynon, representing the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Mindanao, led the call for the resignation of Duterte, whom he said, has done nothing to protect the lumads in Northern Mindanao.
The Movement Against Tyranny said Duterte spent his two years in office destroying Marawi and favoring foreign investors to rebuild it.
The groups said Duterte declared martial law in the whole island to restore security but later on used it to go after armed rebels.
"He has captured peasants, workers, and activists, slapped them with trumped up charges. The Train law has increased prices from almost every item on the market but wages and working hours haven't changed a bit," it added.
"The people have suffered for far too long, which is why we are saying enough," the groups said.
Meanwhile, Police Superintendent Mardy Hortillosa, spokesperson of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office, said Monday that the protest was generally peaceful.
He said the police have maintained maximum tolerance especially during the mass protests conducted.