The angry residents of La Colina resettlement sites in Barangay Parang claimed that they asked their children to skip classes to attend the rally which took them at least 10 hours to complete but were dismayed when they were paid only P30.
Other rallyists coming from resettlement sites in Balubad, Nangka, Malanday, Victory Hills, Tumana and Concepcion claimed that their "rally fee" were also reduced to a mere P100 per head.
The rallyists vowed that they would not attend the coming series of anti-government rallies if the organizers of the Makati rally fail to settle their obligations with them soon.
Metro police chief Director Vidal Querol said they received intelligence reports that majority of those who attended the rally held at Ayala Avenue in Makati City on Friday were City Hall employees.
"It’s an open secret that majority of those who attended the rally were city hall employes who were now complaining that they were not properly paid by their recruiters," Querol told The Star.
Rally organizers said there were 30,000 who joined the protest but police said only 8,000 showed up.
Senior Superintendent Felipe Rojas Jr., National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) intelligence chief said many of the partipants were City Hall employees who left for home after Mayor Jojo Binay went on stage to lambast the Arroyo government at 5 p .m.
Rojas said he received intelligence reports that some 360 rallyists from La Colina claimed they were recruited by Nancy Balagasay, a homeowner association official.
The resettlement site dwellers boarded 11 passenger jeepneys that ferried them to the rally site in front the residence of former Marikina Rep. Romeo Candazo at 1:30 p.m. for the trip to Makati.
The La Colina rallyists thought the rally would take only two hours so they decided to bring along their children who skipped classes so that they could earn more.
But the rally lasted 10 hours and many of the La Colina residents went hungry as organizers failed to hand them packed lunch, food and water. They were forced to buy food and water from street vendors with their own money, the rallyists complained.
The La Colina residents claimed they were disappointed when they arrived home and their recruiter handed them only P30. "If that would be the case every time they call for mobilization, I won’t join in any of this anymore," an angry resident told Rojas, who, prior to his assignment as NCRPO intelligence chief is the chief of police of Marikina City for two years.
Earlier, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Arturo Lomibao placed the NCRPO and its neighboring police forces on heightened alert in anticipation of sporadic rallies in Metro Manila in the next few days.
Despite the downgrading of the PNP alert level, Querol said they have a standby reaction force which could be deployed in any area on short notice.