POWER GRAB FROM PRESIDENT JOSEPH ESTRADA

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POWER GRAB FROM PRESIDENT JOSEPH ESTRADA:

The Estrada presidency was soon dogged by charges of plunder and corruption, and he was reported by his Chief of Staff Aprodicio Laquian to spend long hours drinking with shady characters. In October 2000, an acknowledged gambling racketeer, Luis "Chavit" Singson, governor of the province of Ilocos Sur, alleged that he had personally given Estrada the sum of 400 million pesos as payoff from illegal gambling profits, as well as 180 million pesos from the government price subsidy for the tobacco famers' marketing cooperative. Singson's allegation caused an uproar across the nation, which culminated in Estrada's impeachment by the House of Representatives in November of 2000. He was the first Philippine President to be impeached. The articles of impeachment were then transmitted to the Senate and an impeachment court was formed, with Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. as presiding officer.

During the trial, the prosecution (composed of congressmen and private prosecutors) presented witnesses and evidence to the impeachment court regarding Estrada's involvement in illegal gambling, also known as jueteng, and his maintenance of secret bank accounts. However, the president's legal team (composed of a former chief justice, former congressman, former solicitor-general and other lawyers) was quick to deny these allegations and did its best to destroy the claims of the witnesses during cross-examination.
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EDSA II Revolution

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On January 16, 2001, the impeachment court, whose majority were political allies of Estrada, voted not to open an envelope that was said to contain incriminating evidence against the president. The prosecution panel walked out of the impeachment court in protest of this vote. Others noted that the walkout merit court contempt which Davide, intentionally or unintentionally, did not enforce.

That night, anti-Estrada protesters gathered on the historical EDSA highway at the site of the 1986 EDSA Revolution that overthrew Ferdinand Marcos. A political turmoil ensued and the clamor for Estrada's resignation became stronger than ever. In the following days, the number of protesters grew to the hundreds of thousands.

On January 19, 2001, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, seeing the political upheaval throughout the country, decided to withdraw its support from the president and transfer its allegiance to the vice president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Without military support, and with mass resignations from his cabinet, Estrada's government quickly fell.

On January 20, 2001, the Supreme Court declared the presidency vacant and the Chief Justice swore in the constitutional successor, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, as acting President of the Philippines. Estrada and his family were quickly evacuated from the presidential palace

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Video Comments:
walangsilbingpangulo (November 15, 2008 at 6:19 am)
mga kababayan kailangan na natin ng linisin ang gobyerno ni arroyo puro scandal at kasinungalingan at pagnanakaw na lang ginagawa nila sa bansa natin kong sa iraq lang sana may nag suicide bomber na sa mga magnanakaw na politiko ito wala po silang lugar sa bansa natin para may matitira pang pera sa magiging anak niyo.kada isang tao may utang na mahigit 40 thousand pesos para mabayaran po natin ang utang natin sa labas..
walangsilbingpangulo (October 31, 2008 at 7:23 am)
sa mga kababayan ko bantayan po natin si jocjoc Bolante para malaman po natin kong sino ang dapat managot sa 728 milyon na ninakaw ng mga politiko na ito at kayo na po ang dapat humusga sa mga magnanakaw na ito...
tyanakpandak (October 24, 2008 at 6:53 am)
fake president nahuli na naman ang mga sinusuhulan mong mga general...wala na kayong hiya pera ng mga tao yan
bursklo88 (October 23, 2008 at 2:52 pm)
Bilib ako dyan kay Erap. Isipin mo nanalo ng hindi namili ng votes, di gumamit ng funds sa gobyerno. Binoto ng taong bayan.
curacho69 (October 20, 2008 at 3:05 am)
pinagplanohan lng c Erap, kung tutuusin, ang kasalanan lng ni Erap ay ung JUETENG eh sa panahon pa ni Cory yan eh, BTW, the jueteng money took by Erap has the purposed for MUSLIM YOUTH FOUNDATION.
35ams (October 10, 2008 at 2:18 pm)
kahit anong pagdadaldal at paninira ang gawin natin laban kay gloria walang mangyayari kasi hindi naman niya alam at naririnig. balewala lang yun sa kanya.Ang kelangan natin gawin isang madugong kudeta.
RedSeptember21 (September 29, 2008 at 7:16 am)
what about the lavish mansions of her mistresses?
tyanakpandak (September 20, 2008 at 9:28 am)
magsasawa rin ang mga mamamayang pilipino sa garapal na pagnanakaw niyo sa bayan....umalis na kayo diyan hayaan niyo ang mga taong may malasakit sa bayan ang umupo....
dpatriot007 (September 23, 2008 at 10:51 pm)
sino sa tingin mo ang may malasakit sa bayan?

ugaling pinoy na yung power tripping eh... na pag nakaupo na e ginagawa ang lahat, makakuha lang ng pera sa bayan...

Any comments???
rafer2k (September 7, 2008 at 10:52 pm)
From the very start, Gahamang Maupo Agad, marami sa pinoy ang bulag, pipi at bingi. Chavit Singson appointed to NSA? It's PAYBACK!