The calibrated preemptive response (CPR) is an Arroyo administration policy that replaced the maximum tolerance policy with regards to protest rallies. In CPR, rallies without permits will be dispersed.

CPR is redefined when participants in the Black Friday protest at Baywalk were barred from getting there by the Manila Police. Some of the well-known persons like Dinky Soliman and Black and White’s Enteng Romano were even arrested for alleged illegal assembly.

CPR is no longer limited to dispersing rallies without permits. CPR will now be applied even before protests begin. Now that’s preemptive, alright.

And who knows, come 2007 election campaign, rallies by opposition candidates will be dispersed because of CPR.