WATCH: INC members: This is why we are here

MANILA, Philippines — Members of religious organization Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) explained to Philstar.com reasons why they took to the streets in huge numbers raising posters, flags and voices starting Thursday last week.

One man who was among those who assembled on EDSA addressed critics who slammed the organization for disrupting traffic on the major thoroughfare.

"Noong nagkaroon ng EDSA 1, wala silang narinig sa taong bayan. Kahit kami noon napipirwisyo, 'di kami kumikibo," he said. "Pero ngayon na mayroon ding kaming mga ipinaglalaban, sila ang nagmamatuwid ngayon na kami [ang] nakakaperwisyo."