On January 20, , after days of political turmoil and popular revolt, the Supreme Court declared the presidency vacant. The military and the national police had earlier withdrawn their support for Estrada. Although local media portrayed this as another example of Philippine People Power, international commentators criticized the absence of democratic processes. On May 1, , a week after Estrada was arrested on charges of plunder, an estimated 40, protesters sympathetic to Estrada degenerated into violence and attempted to storm the presidential palace to force Arroyo from office.
Four people died, including two policemen, and more than were wounded in clashes between security forces and rioters. After being dispersed the crowd had looted stores and burned cars. She ran again for President in the elections, winning by one million votes. The results of this election have been challenged, with reports surfacing months later of corruption and false votes.
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Trivia: A new variety of potato was named after her, "Gloria Kamaptengan. See more ». Nickname: Unano See more ». Star Sign: Aries. Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page. One of the biggest political scandals to hit the Philippines was the leak of wiretapped phone calls in between Arroyo and elections Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano. The recordings, later called the "Hello Garci" tapes, showed Arroyo allegedly discussing the rigging of the elections with Garcillano.
While Arroyo never confirmed the tapes, she did apologize publicly in a nationally televised address and owned up to a "lapse in judgment. Susan Roces, the widow of Poe, later made the famous allegation that Arroyo "stole the presidency, not once but twice.
Amid growing protests against her administration, Arroyo declared a week-long state of national emergency in February 24, , citing a supposed alliance among communist rebels, soldiers and opposition figures in a plot to oust her. On Nov. The uprising was quelled in the evening of the same day after troops rammed a tank into the hotel lobby, forcing mutineers to surrender.
Arroyo declared a state of emergency in Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and Cotabato City in November to prevent and suppress lawless violence following the massacre of 58 people, including 32 media workers, in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao. The killings were attributed to the powerful Ampatuan political clan. In December of the same year, she placed Maguindanao under martial law citing a threat of rebellion by forces linked to the Ampatuan clan.
Arroyo won the congressional seat for Pampanga's second district in while she was still president, a move her critics saw as an attempt to stay in power by getting elected House Speaker and then leading efforts to amend the charter. Arroyo was arrested on Nov. The warrant was served at the St. She was transferred the following month to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City where she would stay under hospital arrest for the next four years. The Sandiganbayan ordered her arrested in October of the same year, later granting her plea to remain under hospital arrest.
The Supreme Court, voting , junked the plunder case against Arroyo in July , setting her free. A few days later, she attended her first session in Congress after four years in detention. Pantaleon Alvarez, in his capacity as Speaker, fetched the President. The nationally televised power tussle ended with Arroyo formalizing her ascent to power after Duterte's SONA, taking the votes of the majority.
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