Protests against Rodrigo Duterte

Protests against Former PresidentRodrigo Duterte ran from 2016 through 2022. They initially escalated on November 18, 2016, following Duterte's support of the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos. The series of protests were mostly conducted by progressive groups and other opposition figures mainly due to the ongoing war on drugs, the declaration of martial law in Mindanao, and employment issues such as contractual terms being applied by companies and inflation due to the passage of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law. Other causes of the protests included the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the passage of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, and the shutdown and franchise denial of ABS-CBN.