The military mutineers identified themselves as "the Magdalo group," a name similar to one used by a band of Filipino revolutionaries who fought Spanish colonial rule in the 19th century.

Arroyo had on Saturday accused the group of attempting a coup against her administration and ordered their arrest.

The rogue military men, standing in a row against a red flag with a white sun symbol, made their accusations in a video statement aired on ABS-CBN television.

They accused the government of selling ammunition and weapons to the Muslim separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels as well as to the Abu Sayyaf kidnapping group and the communist New People's Army insurgents.

They also said the Arroyo government was behind a series of deadly bombings in the southern city of Davao in March and April that claimed dozens of lives.

The group also accused Arroyo of planning to declare martial law in August, by using a series of bombings in the capital as the pretext to stay in power after her term ends in 2004.

Arroyo's National Security Adviser Roilo Golez denied the charges, saying that the president was "startled," by the accusations.

He remarked that Arroyo was well aware that her power to declare martial law was limited under the constitution.

Golez said that Arroyo was monitoring the situation.

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