PHILIPPINES: PROTESTORS DEMAND RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT

(18 Jan 2001) Tagalog/Eng/Nat
Thousands of people have joined protests around the Philippines and in the country's capital, Manila, to demand the resignation of their president, former movie actor Joseph Estrada.
In a blow to the president, Nora Aunor, a popular actress who once actively campaigned for the former action movie star, said she no longer supports Estrada.
She was speaking at the EDSA People Power Commission's rally in Manila. EDSA is a government group set up to promote democratic action in the Philippines.
Nineteen of the 22 members appointed to the Commission resigned on Thursday and urged a boycott of companies owned by what they called cronies of Estrada.
Aunor said at the rally that the people can see what's happening and that if they demand the president's resignation, he should go.
In another rally on Thursday, demonstrators formed a 10-kilometre (six-mile) human chain from the financial district to a monument to the revolution that forced out late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Up to 100 thousand people gathered at the monument.
A general strike was called for Friday, and protest organizers hoped the numbers would continue to grow to hundreds of thousands for a march planned on the presidential palace.
The anger was sparked after the impeachment trial of Joseph Estrada was put on hold on Wednesday after prosecutors quit, claiming a fair verdict was impossible.
The proceedings were thrown into chaos late on Tuesday when the Senate voted 11-10 to stop prosecutors from examining bank records they say would prove the president has become rich from corruption.
The entire 11-man House prosecution panel quit on Wednesday, as did one of the 22 Senators sitting as judges.
Fuentebella said he hadn't given up on trying to get the prosecutors to rescind their resignations.
One of them, Rep. Joker Arroyo, said in a television interview that he would consider returning if Estrada agreed to testify in person.
Many of the same leaders who led the "people power" revolution that ousted late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 called for more rallies on Thursday to force President Joseph Estrada from power.
Amongst them - Corazon Aquino, former President Fidel Ramos and Jaime Cardinal Sin.
The Philippine Government Spokesman assured the press that the country would run as usual, despite the mass rallies against the President.
The police and military vowed to stay out of the political fray that has battered the Philippine financial markets.
Riot police were ferried into Manila to prevent unrest in the sprawling capital of 12 (M) million people.
But Defence Secretary Orlando Mercado said Estrada told police to treat protesters with "maximum tolerance"
and ordered soldiers to stay in their barracks.
Mercado accused opposition groups of wanting a coup to remove Estrada but denied any such plans by the politically divided military.
He said the military has decided not to engage in partisan politics.
The decision on what to do with the impeachment trial is in the hands of the lower house of Congress, which sent the corruption charges to the Senate.
House Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella would only say he hoped for a resolution by Sunday.
Estrada, who was elected with an unprecedented electoral majority in 1998 and has denied enriching himself in office, has vowed to see his term to the end, in 2004.
But in October, Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis Singson accused him of taking more than 7.7 (m) million dollars in bribes from illegal gambling lords and 2.5 (m) million dollars in tobacco tax kickbacks.
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[@ozu_ki.11.11]

Dun lang sa uso pumapanig ang Pilipino… The Philippines is hopeless with this generation of politics. Pag asa na lang sa mga mas batang generation ng pulitika at ekonomista.

[@elenamarquez6333]

Kahit sino umupo WALANG pagbabago

[@tuonofactory8388]

Nasa tao nasa sarili pa din ang pagbabago na gusto natin… nakaalalay lang ang gobyerno. Pero ang diskarte sa buhay eh nasa sarili pa din talaga. Need talaga mag grind kahit ano pa yang trabaho. And most of all dasal kay Lord God.

[@irissiri1891]

👍🏻

[@revinhatol]

EDSA Dos - January 2001 EDSA Tres - April-May 2001

[@richiesol20]

anong nangyari sa edsa 3?

[@revinhatol]

@@richiesol20 Erap supporters vs Arroyo

[@kimregalado5763]

mga walang otak kasi taong bayan napakalaking kalog ng pagkauto-uto nila sa dilawan tapos binoto pa si abnoy aquino ayun mas lalong nawasak ang bayan

[@johnpaullagasca7801]

22 years after. What can you say?

[@NotWanz]

Sa thumbail palang naiinis na ko sa pagmumukha ahhahaaahhaha

[@CringeDestroyer45]

Kala mo ang galing eh no kabobohan lng kinalat nyan

[@irissiri1891]

👍🏻

[@vincentroysamot7311]

EDSA I - February 1986 EDSA II - January 2001 EDSA III - April-May 2001

[@tuonofactory8388]

EDSA IV May - June 2022 😆😆

[@quadroxism6645]

@@tuonofactory8388 siguro pag natalo si BBM.

[@tuonofactory8388]

@@quadroxism6645 actually siguro pag natalo si Leni mag eedsa IV dahil sa protests ng mga bumoto kay Leni.

[@gzilla_00]

@@quadroxism6645 *nanalo

[@richiesol20]

anong nangyari sa edsa 3

[@drawyourattention213]

Puro lang naman taga Maynila nag aaklas, Mga taga Maynila talaga puro aklas

[@kennethgonzales5079]

0:26 1:07 ERAP, RESIGN!! ERAP, RESIGN!! ERAP, RESIGN!! ERAP, RESIGN!! ERAP, RESIGN!!

[@vincentroysamot7311]

EDSA II VICE PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO CORAZON AQUINO FIDEL RAMOS CARDINAL SIN ANGELO REYES PANFILO LACSON PRESIDENT JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA FIRST LADY LUISA EJERCITO ESTRADA JINGGOY ESTRADA JUAN PONCE ENRILE MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO ERANO MANALO

[@vincentroysamot7311]

Inauguration of Ferdinand E. Marcos (December 1965) Declaration of Martial Law (September 1972) Lifting of Martial Law (January 1981) Assassination of Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. (August 1983) EDSA I (February 1986) Inauguration of Corazon C. Aquino as 11th President (February 25, 1986) Inauguration of Fidel V. Ramos as 12th President (June 30, 1992) Inauguration of Joseph Ejercito Estrada as 13th President (June 30, 1998) Resignation of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (October-December 2000) Impeachment Trial of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (December 2000-January 2001) EDSA II (January 2001) First Inauguration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as 14th President (January 20, 2001) EDSA III (April-May 2001)

[@vincentroysamot7311]

EDSA II 20 years later in 2021

[@wilfredosalomon963]

Former President Corazon Aquino Calls for erapresignation

[@thedarkside6023]

3:00 Obama Voice? 😜

[@jamesflores4439]

1:19 ganda ni nadine lustre dito matagal na pala syang nagrarally haha.

[@gabrielmalabanan7250]

1:59 what a shame cory aquino 🙄

[@johnpaullagasca7801]

Noong panahon na iyon, sabi ko, mali ang EDSA 2. Pagkalipas ng 22 taon hindi nagbago ang pananaw ko lalo nat nakita natin ang pumalit kay Erap ay mas masahol pa sa animal.

[@jeanmatthews3899]

pinalitan lang ang isang kurap ng isa pa, walang nagbago kahit ngayon din naman, ang korapsyon ay pinapabayaan parin dahil gusto ng mga tao ng kapangyarihan, kahit gamitin nila ang sarili nilang anak para makuha yoon

[@sjpinedarosales5480]

Si cory nanaman pala ang nag parally buti nalang patay na sya kasi Konti nalang nagrarally

[@99mrpogi]

Otherwise, hahanapan nya ng butas yung isa s mga next n president pag di niya gusto yung pamamalakad

[@nictv7018]

@@99mrpogi tama nakakabwesiit nga ,si korykong lng ang nag papahirap sa bansa at taung pinoy uto uto rin hahahaha

[@johncarlbalibado2953]

Patay na ung ugat slamt nmn.

[@kimregalado5763]

pasalamat sila patay na si abnoy panot aquino. eh yung sunod si lutang lugaw robredo talo naman sigurado tatakbong pangulo si bam aquino kaya wag ninyo botohin sa pagka presidente paalala lang

[@duck1ente]

Galit kayo kay Cory because?... Napanood nyo lang sa Tiktok

[@eheadsrock7254]

Super kurap naman kasi talaga kasi si ERAP ,ANG daming ebidensya

[@mastertyper1571]

At nagtataka ako paano nagwang sumbatan si Erap ni Cory whom we eventually learned as also corrupt.

[@ken-je9oi]

Yung tinggal ang kuRap, Yung pumalit kuRap Rin🙃

[@raymondrazo2857]

nagTrigger nito yung Opening nung 2nd envelope ah? nung nabuksan na? ano laman?? may incriminating ba na laman???

[@bernardcolenmaquiling1484]

Corycong

[@tuonofactory8388]

Metro Manila Revolution…. Konti lang naman delagates from different provinces. Tapos yung pumalit I AM SORRY ok na 😆

[@ken-je9oi]

Parehas Rin 😂 pero atleast nailigtas niya ang bansa sa Economic Recession kahit ano🤦

[@tuonofactory8388]

Oo pabor din naman ako napalitan from the 2nd all time steals leader 😆

[@crislim5733]

BALIMBING

[@wilfredosalomon963]

MANILA ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS HIS EMMINENCE JAIME CARDINAL L SIN LEADS EDSA2

[@mohammadkiao514]

Kasabwat kase si gloria dyan ng mga dilawan kita nyo umabot pa sa 9 taon naging pangulo pero nganga parin ang pinas.lalo na nung si pinoy na sumunod maslalong nagkanda letse letse ang bansa hahahahahha😂😂😂

[@abrambenedictsanmiguel4559]

9 years because its constitutional and its simple she is the vice president and its all written in the Saligang Batas so there is no fraud no offense but pls educate and validate

[@honeelordcomia7100]

@@abrambenedictsanmiguel4559 sa totoo naniniwala din aq dyan Isipin mo dahil vp c gloria after ng impeachment nakuha niya ang position as president for 3 years After noon nanalo sya laban kay FPJ kaya nadagdagan ng 6 years pero un pla dinaya pla ang eleksyon c FPJ pala talaga nanalo kaso patay na sya kya hindi na pwede i acknowledge na sya talaga nanalo meaning planado nila yan

[@CringeDestroyer45]

@@honeelordcomia7100 Yup pinalitan ng additional mgnanakaw.

[@tuonofactory8388]

I AM SORRY lang Puede na 😆😆

[@jamesflores4439]

Tignan mo kung sino na kakampi ni gloria hahahaha.

[@NibbaAmogus]

Parang Impyerno

[@gabbygabgab8404]

These comments are hilarious. They hate corrupt politicians but they support a dictator's son. But it's too late BBM is now our president a guy who didn't even graduate and was given a special degree.

[@randyrivera1210]

Gyan mangyari kay bbm

[@lawrencevillanueva8143]

MABUHAY

[@natemen8504]

Sana nga mabuhay ulit Yan para makita nya na BAGSAK NA YUNG TINAYO NYANG liberal party 😂 Mga pesteng DILAWAN CORYKONG AT PANUT 👎👎

[@natemen8504]

#BBM_FOR_PRESIDENT_2022❤️

[@emperordarius6558]

Pakyu kayong mga dilawan Laspag pepe yang Tita corykong mo

[@MilitaryComparisonPH]

Hahhahaha

[@Pink_Guy401]

@@emperordarius6558 DDS ALIS KA DITO MGA ASO

[@Gamingsisters123]

Whatever !

[@sernanlloren8432]

Hahha nagkaisa ang lahat Kumunista media simbahan university Mading up story to out the government

[@seanibong9542]

ganda ni kris aquino jan hehehe