Immediately after issuing Presidential Proclamation 1021 lifting PP1017, the government said that the left-wing legislators would be seized if they set foot outside the Philippine Congress and the individuals for whom arrest orders had been issued were still being sought. On March 8, an International Women’s Day march of some 10,000 demonstrators was brutally dispersed by the police, who clobbered marchers with their batons and arrested Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel and Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) secretary-general Josua Mata.
Matapos i-isyu ang Presidewntil Proclamation 1021, na nagpapawalang bisa sa PP 1017, ipinahayag ng gobyerno na sa sandaling lumabas ng Kongreso ang mga maka-kaliwang mambabatas at ang mga indibidwal na may mga arrest warrant, patuloy pa ring hahanapin at aarestuhin ang mga ito. Katunayan, noong Marso 8, isang martsa para sa Internasyonal na Araw ng mga Kababaihan ng may 10,000 demontrador ang brutal na dinisperse ng mga pulis, pinagpupukpok ang mga nagmartsa at inaresto sina Kinatawan Riza Hontiveros-Baraquiel ng Akbayan at ang pangkalahatang-kalihim ng Alliance of Progressive Labor Joshua Mata.