The general in command of the Philippines marines has been removed from his post two days after an alleged military coup plot was discovered.
It is not clear why Maj Gen Renato Miranda was relieved of command.
Military spokesman Col Tristan Kison said it was at his own request, but one of Gen Miranda's subordinates - who has been linked to the plot - denied that.
Marine Col Ariel Querubin called for people to rally in support of Gen Miranda at the marines' camp.
Col Querubin was commander of an elite marine unit until he was sacked on Friday as a key figure in the alleged coup plot.
Gen Miranda does not appear to have spoken in public about his removal.
He had no known links with the alleged plot, Col Kison said in announcing that the marine commandant had been removed from his post at his own request.
Philippines President Gloria Arroyo declared a state of emergency on Friday after the military announced it had uncovered a plot by senior officers to overthrow her.
A top general was detained on charges of planning to launch the putsch in connection with rallies on Saturday marking the anniversary of a popular revolt that ousted Ferdinand Marcos as president in 1986.
The state of emergency bans rallies, but Filipinos took to the streets in defiance of the ban on Friday and Saturday.
President Arroyo survived an army mutiny in 2003.
(BBC)
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