Thousands of people protested on the streets of Manila on Friday asking for the resignation of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo because of a corruption scandal.

According to police, about 10,000 people took the streets, mainly left-wing activists, students and Roman Catholic Church-backed groups carried placards reading: “Gloria resign!” who marched in Makati, the financial district of Manila.

The protest was sparked by corruption allegations which connected top officials and Aroyo’s husband in a bribe scandal.

Renato Reyes, secretary general of the left-wing Bayan, one of the organizers, said: "These are telling signs that the people are again roused and are ready to take political action,” the Associated Press reports.

According to former vice president Teofisto Guingona, the protests will go on “until the truth is revealed” about Arroyo’s government.

Present at the rally was also Rev. Jerry Sabado along with the nuns and seminarians saying that they were "indignant at the unending cover-up of this regime of all scams and scandals that have caused misery to our people."

Some of the protesters had badges saying “Moderate Your Greed.”

The protest came a day after the intelligence reports showed that communist rebels may penetrate the rally.

When officials exposed an alleged plot planned by Abu Sayyaf group, linked to al-Qaeda,  and Jemaah Islamiyah, to kill Arroyo and attack embassies, the military went on alert.

According to Capt. Carlo Ferrer, spokesman for the military unit in charge of security for the capital, troops were deployed in the area with armored vehicles and more others were on standby.

Arroyo had to survive in the seven years of her presidency three opposition impeachment bids and four attempted power grabs.

The new political tensions had risen after Rodolfo Lozada Jr., former government consultant, revealed a link between Arroyo’s husband and a former elections chief to a government contract of $330 million in Senate testimony. The allegations were rejected by both men.

In 2004 Arroyo was accused of fixing the election and was involved in a series of scandals of corruption.