CIVIL LIBERTY DEFENDERS: Members of Concerned Lawyers for Civil Liberties (CLCL), a newly formed broad coalition of various law organizations and lawyers, staged a rally Friday (March 3, 2006) in front of the EDSA Shrine on Ortigas Avenue to condemn President Arroyos declaration of state of national emergency. Joining the protesters to denounce Proclamation 1017 as unconstitutional and repressive are (from left) former Senate Deputy Secretary Demaree J. B. Raval, Atty. Constancio S. Mangoba Jr. of the Senate legal counsel office, and incumbent Senate Secretary Oscar G. Yabes. (Photo by Romy Bugante/PRIB)