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 MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The military renewed its pledge of loyalty to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Monday amid fresh coup rumors fueled by allegations that she rigged last year's elections.
The pledge came as the state-run University of the Philippines' prestigious College of Law joined the growing list of those calling for Arroyo's resignation after a prominent Roman Catholic university made a similar call a day earlier.
With the latest crisis, Arroyo has faced almost daily opposition protests calling for her resignation, but they haven't matched the huge rallies that toppled late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 and Joseph Estrada in 2001. The military's withdrawal of support from the former leaders was crucial to their downfall.
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