Post Edsa Philippines
Post Edsa Philippines
PHILIPPINES:
WHERE ARE
WE?
EDSA
“REVOLUTION”
The People Power Revolution was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, which
transpired in Metro Manila on February 22–25, 1986.
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Maria Corazon Sumulong
Cojuangco Aquino
Fidel Valdez Ramos
▪ Oligarchy
▪ Comprehensive Agrarian
Reform Program
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Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
▪ Bataan Nuclear Power
Plant is a nuclear power
plant, completed but never
fueled in Bataan in 1984.
FACT:
In 2012, the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan ordered
Herminio Disini, a known Marcos ally, to return the $50
million he received as commission from Westinghouse
Electric Company, the nuclear reactor supplier of the
BNPP project as the amount was ill-gotten wealth.
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Oligarchy
▪ WHERE IS THE LIE?
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Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Program (RA6657)
▪ Under CARP, the centerpiece of the first Aquino ▪ Enacted in 1988, the Philippines' National
administration's social justice program, private and Agrarian Reform Program - Comprehensive
public lands that are suited for agriculture are Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) - which was
covered. These include areas dedicated to later termed as Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
sugarcane, banana, pineapple and other Extension with Reforms (CARPER, JULY 2009),
agricultural plantations. aimed to distribute all agricultural lands beyond
five hectares to landless farmers and farm workers.
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Fidel Ramos (1992-1998)
▪ Industrialization vs.
Agriculture
▪ Ramos as a
“chameleon”/figure of
People Power I
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INDUSTRIALIZATION VS.
AGRICULTURE
▪ Ramos began implementing
economic reforms intended
to open up the once-closed
national economy,
encourage private
enterprise, invite more
foreign and domestic
investment, and reduce
widespread corruption.
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FVR: A friend or an enemy of
democracy?
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Joseph Estrada (1998-2001)
▪ * Impeachment Trial,
Constructive Resignation,
and EDSA 2
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Impeachment trial, resignation and
EDSA 2
▪ The Ombudsman on April 4, 2001 filed two ▪ Impeachment trial of President Estrada lasted for
charges against the then President Estrada at the 23 days. The trial started on Dec. 7, 2000, and
Sandiganbayan ; one for plunder and the other for ended on Jan. 16, 2001
perjury.
▪ The plunder case consisted of four separate
▪
charges: acceptance of 545 million pesos from
4 Number of grounds for impeachment against
proceeds of jueting , an illegal gambling game;
Estrada. They were bribery, graft and corruption,
misappropriation of 130 million pesos in excise
betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of
taxes from tobacco; receiving a 189.7-million-
the Constitution.
peso commission from the sale of the shares of
Belle Corporation, a real-estate firm; and owning
some 3.2 billion pesos in a bank account under the ▪ Erap Estrada was ousted through “constructive
name Jose Velarde. The minor charge of perjury resignation”.
is for Estrada under-reporting his assets in his
1999 statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth
and for the illegal use of an alias, namely for the
Jose Velarde bank account.
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▪ EDSA People Power II, as it came to be known,
was a series of protests held from January 16 to
20, 2001, against former president Joseph Estrada
who was then facing plunder charges. The protests
eventually triggered Estrada's downfall – and
paved the way for Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, his
vice president, to enter the spotlight in the political
scene.
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Dacer and Corbito Massacre
▪ Bubby Dacer and Emmanuel Corbito were
abducted on Nov. 24, 2000, at an intersection in
Makati City. Their charred remains were found in
April 2001 by a creek in Cavite and identified by
forensic experts from dental records and personal
items.
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Death Penalty
▪ On February 5, 1999, Leo
Echegaray, a house painter,
was executed for repeatedly
raping his stepdaughter. He
was the first convict to be
executed since the re-
imposition of death penalty
in 1995
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GMA
▪ ZTE deal scandal
▪ Hello, Garci
▪ Fertilizer Scam
▪ Maguindanao Massacre
▪ e-VAT
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PNoy Aquino
▪ Corona Impeachment
▪ Hacienda Luisita
▪ PPP
▪ Mamasapano Massacre
▪ Quirino Grandstand
Hostage Incident/Manila
Hostage Crisis
▪ West Philippine Sea
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Digong Duterte
▪ EJK ▪ Oligarchy
▪ Leila De Lima Case ▪ Nepotism
▪ Marcos in LNMB ▪ Corruption
▪ Men in uniform increase of
salary and benefits
▪ China close tie
▪ Appointment of “amazing”
government officials
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References
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http://www.investphilippin
es.info/arangkada/growth/t
he-philippine-economic-la
ndscape-in-2010-faster-gro
wth-is-essential
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https://
www.rappler.com/newsbreak/fact-check/235148-bataan
-nuclear-power-plant-issues-cory-aquino
https://
www.nytimes.com/1990/08/19/magazine/cory-aquino-s-
downhill-slide.html
https://www.economywatch.com/agrarian
https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/Philippines/Share_
of_agriculture
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https://
www.nytimes.com/2000/11/14/news/the-impeachment-
of-estrada-day-of-political-tumult-in-manila.html
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https://
newsinfo.inquirer.net/671268/what-went-before-suspect
s-in-dacer-corbito-murders
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