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Second EDSA Revolution EDSA II
Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo taking her oath as the 14th President of the Philippines.
Date	January 17–20, 2001 (3 days)
Location	Philippines, primarily EDSA, Metro Manila
Caused by	Breakdown in negotiations during the impeachment trial of President Joseph Estrada that began in December 2000
Goals	Removal of Joseph Estrada as President
Methods	Protests
Resulted in	Opposition victory Estrada and his family leaves Malacañang Palace Resignation and ouster of President Joseph Estrada Gloria Macapagal Arroyo becomes President
Parties
Opposition Military defectors: Armed Forces of the Philippines Philippine National Police Others: Anti-Estrada civilian protesters Religious groups: Archdiocese of Manila CBCP Couples for Christ Militant groups: Estrada Resign Movement SANLAKAS Akbayan Citizens Action Party Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Kongreso ng Mamayang Pilipino II Individual groups: Makati Business Club Government Government parties: Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino Lapian ng Masang Pilipino Others: Pro-Estrada civilian supporters Religious groups: Iglesia ni Cristo El Shaddai Military loyalists: Presidential Security Group
Lead figures
Gloria Macapagal (Vice President) Others: Teofisto Guingona Jr. Orly Mercado Angelo Reyes Panfilo Lacson Corazon Aquino Fidel Ramos Jaime Sin Joseph Estrada (President) Others: Loi Estrada Jinggoy Estrada Imelda Marcos Juan Ponce Enrile Miriam Defensor Santiago Eraño Manalo
Number
100,000 to 250,000 protesters

The Second EDSA Revolution, also known as the Second People Power Revolution, EDSA 2001, or EDSA II (pronounced EDSA Two or EDSA Dos, the Spanish word for "two"), was a political protest from January 17–20, 2001 which peacefully overthrew the government of Joseph Estrada, the thirteenth president of the Philippines. Following allegations of corruption against Estrada and his subsequent investigation by Congress, impeachment proceedings against the president were opened on January 16. The decision by several senators not to examine a letter which would purportedly prove Estrada's guilt sparked large protests at the EDSA Shrine in Metro Manila, and calls for Estrada's resignation intensified in the following days, with the Armed Forces withdrawing their support for the president on January 19. On January 20 Estrada resigned and fled Malacañang Palace with his family. He was succeeded by Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who had been sworn into the presidency by Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. several hours earlier.

Name

EDSA is an acronym derived from Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, the major thoroughfare connecting six cities in Metro Manila, namely Pasay, Makati, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Quezon City and Caloocan. The revolution's epicenter was the EDSA Shrine church at the northern tip of the Ortigas Center business district.

Background

On October 4, 2000, Ilocos Sur Governor Luis "Chavit" Singson, a longtime friend of President Joseph Estrada, went public with accusations that Estrada and his friends and family had received millions of pesos from operations of jueteng, a numbers game which is illegal in the Philippines.

The exposé immediately ignited reactions of rage. The next day, Senate Minority Leader Teofisto Guingona, Jr. delivered a fiery privilege speech accusing Estrada of receiving ₱220 million in jueteng money from Governor Singson from November 1998 to August 2000, as well as taking ₱70 million-worth of excise tax money from cigarettes intended for Ilocos Sur. He also allegedly received ₱130 million in kickbacks released by then budget secretary Benjamin Diokno for tobacco farmers, while his wife Loi Ejercito's foundation allegedly received ₱100 million "to the detriment of regular beneficiaries." Estrada was also accused of misusing 52 smuggled luxury vehicles, nepotism, and he allegedly hid assets and bought mansions for his mistresses. The privilege speech was referred by Senate President Franklin Drilon, to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee and the Philippine House Committee on Justice for joint investigation. Another committee in the House of Representatives decided to investigate the exposé, while other House members spearheaded a move to impeach the president. On October 20, 2000, an early anti-Estrada rally was allegedly held in Naga City, led by former mayor Jesse Robredo, Mayor Sulpicio Roco Jr., and Ateneo de Naga president Joel Tabora who demanded the resignation of President Estrada.

More calls for resignation came from Manila Cardinal Archbishop Jaime Sin, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, former Presidents Corazon Aquino and Fidel Ramos, and Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (who had resigned her cabinet position of Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development). Cardinal Sin's statement read, "In the light of the scandals that besmirched the image of presidency, in the last two years, we stand by our conviction that he has lost the moral authority to govern." More resignations came from Estrada's cabinet and economic advisers, and other members of congress defected from his ruling party.

On November 13, 2000, the House of Representatives led by Speaker Manuel Villar transmitted the Articles of Impeachment, signed by 115 representatives, to the Senate. This caused shakeups in the leadership of both houses of congress. The impeachment trial was formally opened on November 20, with twenty-one senators taking their oaths as judges, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. presiding. The trial began on December 7.

The day-to-day trial was covered on live television and received the highest viewing rating, mostly by the broadcasting giant ABS-CBN at the time. Among the highlights of the trial was the testimony of Clarissa Ocampo, senior vice president of Equitable PCI Bank, who testified that she was one foot away from Estrada when he signed the name "Jose Velarde" on documents involving a ₱500 million investment agreement with their bank in February 2000.

Timeline

Impeachment trial

On January 16, 2001, the impeachment trial of President Estrada moved to the investigation of an envelope containing crucial evidence that would allegedly prove acts of political corruption by Estrada. Senators allied with Estrada moved to block the evidence. The conflict between the senator-judges and the prosecution became deeper, but then-Senate Majority Floor Leader Francisco Tatad requested that the impeachment court have a vote on opening the second envelope. The vote resulted in 10 senators in favor of examining the evidence, and 11 senators in favor of suppressing it. The list of senators who voted for the second envelope are as follows:

Voted to examine

1. Rodolfo Biazon
2. Renato Cayetano
3. Franklin Drilon
4. Juan Flavier
5. Teofisto Guingona Jr.
6. Loren Legarda
7. Ramon Magsaysay Jr.
8. Sergio Osmeña III
9. Aquilino Pimentel Jr.
10. Raul Roco

Voted against examining

1. Tessie Aquino-Oreta
2. Nikki Coseteng
3. Miriam Defensor Santiago
4. Juan Ponce Enrile
5. Gringo Honasan
6. Robert Jaworski
7. Blas Ople
8. John Henry Osmeña
9. Ramon Revilla Sr.
10. Tito Sotto
11. Francisco Tatad

After the vote, Senator Nene Pimentel resigned as Senate President and walked out of the impeachment proceedings together with the nine opposition senators and 11 prosecutors in the Estrada impeachment trial. The 11 administration senators who voted to block the opening of the second envelope remained in the Senate session hall together with members of the defense panel. The phrase "Joe's Cohorts" quickly surfaced as a mnemonic device for remembering their names (Joe's Cohorts: Jaworski, Oreta, Enrile, Santiago, Coseteng, Osmeña, Honasan, Ople, Revilla, Tatad, Sotto). On February 14, 2001, at the initiative of Pimentel, the second envelope was opened before the local and foreign media. It contained the document that stated that businessman Jaime Dichaves and not Estrada owned the "Jose Velarde" account.'

Day 1: January 17, 2001

Senator Tessie Aquino-Oreta, one of eleven senators who voted against opening the envelope, was seen on national television as the opposition walked out; it was assumed that she was booing back and jigging at the crowd in the Senate gallery after the Ayala group jeered her and other pro-Erap senators. This further fueled the growing anti-Erap sentiments of the crowd gathered at EDSA Shrine, and she became the most vilified of the 11 senators. She was labeled a "prostitute" and a "concubine" of Estrada for her dancing act, while Senator Defensor-Santiago was also ridiculed by the crowd who branded her a "lunatic".

As he did in the EDSA I protest, Cardinal Jaime Sin called on the people to join the rally at the shrine. During the night, people began to gather in large numbers around the shrine, including protesters who received free transportation from nearby provinces such as Pampanga and Bulacan. Similar anti-Estrada rallies took place in regional centers nationwide, including Baguio, Naga, Iloilo City, and Davao.

Day 2: January 18, 2001

The crowd continued to grow, bolstered by students from private schools and left-wing organizations. Activists from Bayan Muna and Akbayan as well as lawyers of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and other bar associations joined the thousands of protesters. A 10-kilometer human chain was formed from the Ninoy Aquino statue in Ayala Avenue, Makati to the EDSA Shrine as a demand for Estrada's resignation. At the shrine area, just as in 1986, stars and icons from the music industry entertained the crowds.

Day 3: January 19, 2001

The Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines withdrew their support for Estrada, joining the crowds at the EDSA Shrine.

At 2:00 PM, Joseph Estrada appeared on television for the first time since the beginning of the protests and maintained that he would not resign. He said he wanted the impeachment trial to continue, stressing that only a guilty verdict would remove him from office.

At 6:15 PM, Estrada again appeared on television, calling for a snap presidential election to be held concurrently with congressional and local elections on May 14, 2001. He added that he would not run in this election.

Day 4: January 20, 2001

At 12:30 in the afternoon, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took her oath of office as president before Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. in the presence of the crowd at EDSA. At the same time, however, a large anti-Estrada crowd had already gathered at the historic Mendiola Bridge, having left the shrine earlier in the day, only to face PNP personnel and the pro-Estrada supporters behind them, who had by now already attacked both the police and the anti-Estrada protesters and heckling them and even members of the press.

At 2:00 PM, Estrada released a letter saying he had "strong and serious doubts about the legality and constitutionality of her proclamation as president". In that same letter, however, he said he would give up his office to allow for national reconciliation.

Later, Estrada and his family evacuated Malacañang Palace on a boat along the Pasig River. They were smiling and waving to reporters and shaking hands with the remaining Cabinet members and palace employees. He was initially placed under house arrest in San Juan but was later transferred to his rest home in Sampaloc, a small village in Tanay, Rizal.

Aftermath

On the last day of protests on EDSA on January 20, 2001, Estrada resigned as president and his successor Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was sworn into office by Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide Jr.

On March 2, 2001, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Estrada's resignation in a unanimous 13-0 decision in Estrada vs. Desierto.

On September 12, 2007, Estrada was found guilty of plunder beyond reasonable doubt by the Philippine anti-graft court and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was pardoned by Macapagal-Arroyo on October 25, 2007.

Reactions

International

International reaction to the administration change was mixed. While some foreign nations, including the United States, immediately recognized the legitimacy of Arroyo's presidency, foreign commentators described the revolt as "a defeat for due process of law", "mob rule", and a "de facto coup". The only means of legitimizing the event was the last-minute Supreme Court ruling that "the welfare of the people is the supreme law." But by then, the Armed Forces of the Philippines had already withdrawn support for the president, which some analysts called unconstitutional, a view shared by many foreign political analysts. William Overholt, a Hong Kong-based political economist, said that "It is either being called mob rule or mob rule as a cover for a well-planned coup, but either way, it's not democracy."

Domestic

Opinion was divided during EDSA II about whether Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as the incumbent vice president should be president if Joseph Estrada was ousted; many groups who participated in EDSA II expressly stated that they did not want Arroyo for president either, and some of these groups would later participate in EDSA III. The prevailing Constitution of the Philippines calls for the Vice President of the Philippines, Arroyo at the time, to act as interim president only when the sitting president dies, resigns, or becomes incapacitated. Estrada had resigned from office and the constitutionality of his resignation was upheld by the Supreme Court on March 2, 2001.

After Estrada's plunder conviction and subsequent pardon, on January 18, 2008, Estrada's Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) bought full-page advertisements in Metro Manila newspapers, blaming EDSA 2 for having "inflicted a dent on Philippine democracy". It featured clippings that questioned the constitutionality of the revolution. The published featured clippings were taken from Time, The New York Times, The Straits Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Asia Times Online, The Economist, and International Herald Tribune. Former Supreme Court justice Cecilia Muñoz Palma opined that EDSA 2 violated the 1987 Constitution.

In February 2008, several parts of the Catholic Church, which played a vital role during EDSA II, issued an apology of sorts. The sitting Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president, Iloilo Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, expressed disappointment in Arroyo's presidency and called EDSA II a mistake.

By Estrada

On March 13, 2008, Estrada named Lucio Tan, Jaime Sin, Fidel Ramos, Chavit Singson, and the Ayala and Lopez clans (who were both involved in water businesses) as co-conspirators of the EDSA Revolution of 2001.

In October 2016, Estrada claimed without evidence that it was the U.S. that ousted him from office.

See also

• People Power Revolution - a similar event in the Philippines that ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos
• 2001 Philippine general election
• People Power Coalition

References

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Further reading

• Greg Hutchinson; Ellen Tordesillas (2001). Hot money, warm bodies: the downfall of President Joseph Estrada. Anvil Publishing. ISBN 978-971-27-1104-6.

External links

• CNN.com - Arroyo sworn in as president of Philippines - January 21, 2001
• The Story of EDSA II: Why Erap Failed
• The New York Times - Expecting Praise, Filipinos are Criticized for Ouster
• The Success of People Power II and what it really means

v t e Coups in the Philippines
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Attempted	1587–1588 1823 1828 1872 1896 1935 1967 1986 (Feb) 1986 (Jul) 1986 (Nov) 1987 (Jan) 1987 (Apr) 1987 (Aug) 1989 1990 (Mar) 1990 (Oct) 2001 2007
Alleged	1987 2006 2019
Related	Oakwood mutiny (2003)
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v t e Joseph Estrada
13th President of the Philippines (1998–2001) 26th Mayor of Manila (2013–2019) Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (1998–1999) 9th Vice President of the Philippines (1992–1997) Chairman of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission (1992–1997) 14th Mayor of San Juan (1969–1986)
Presidency	Administration and Cabinet Impeachment Trial EDSA II Policies and legislation Death penalty resumption Charter Change 2000 All-Out-War and Fall of Camp Abubakar RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement Speeches Inaugural address State of the Nation Address 1998 1999 2000
Elections	1987 Senate 1992 presidential 1998 presidential 2010 presidential (campaign) Manila local elections 2013 2016 2019
Family	Loi Ejercito (wife) Jinggoy Estrada (son) Jackie Ejercito-Lopez (daughter) Jude Estrada (son) JV Ejercito (son) Jerika Ejercito (daughter) Mary Ejercito (mother) Janella Ejercito Estrada (granddaughter) George Estregan (brother)
Life and legacy	Filmography Post-presidency To Live for the Masses
Related	11th Congress Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino United Nationalist Alliance Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino Nationalist People's Coalition Nacionalista Party Domestic incidents Kuratong Baleleng case execution of Leo Echegaray Rizal Day bombings Dacer–Corbito double murder case EDSA III Natural disasters Sinking of MV Princess of the Orient Zeb (Iliang) Babs (Loleng) Faith (Norming) 1999 Cherry Hills subdivision landslide Sinking of MV Asia South Korea 1999 Luzon earthquake Asian Spirit Flight 100 crash 2000 Mayon Volcano eruptions Air Philippines Flight 541 crash 2000 Payatas landslide Rumbia (Toyang)
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v t e Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
14th President of the Philippines (2001–2010) Pampanga's 2nd district representative (2010–2019; 2022–present) 25th Speaker of the House of Representatives (2018–2019) Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (2016–2017; 2022–2023) Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (2023) 10th Vice President of the Philippines (1998–2001) Social Welfare and Development Secretary (1998–2000) Senator of the Philippines (1992–1998)
Presidency	International trips Policies and legislation Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001 Government Procurement Reform Act Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004 Strong Republic Nautical Highway Human Security Act of 2007 Executive Order 464 Holiday economics Renewable Energy Act of 2008 Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008 K-12 implementation process (Omnibus Education Reform Act of 2008) Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009 Anti-Torture Act of 2009 Real Estate Investment Trust Act of 2009 Philippine Technology Transfer Act of 2009 Climate Change Act of 2009 Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Act of 2009 Magna Carta of Women Visiting forces agreement US designation of the Philippines as a major non-NATO ally Multi-National Force – Iraq ASEAN Charter East Asian Energy Security Speeches State of the Nation Address 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Elections	1992 Senate 1998 Vice presidential 2004 presidential Hello Garci scandal 2007 2010
Family	Diosdado Macapagal (father) Eva Macaraeg (mother) Jose Miguel Arroyo (husband) Mikey (son) Dato Arroyo (son) Arturo Macapagal (half-brother) Iggy Arroyo (brother-in-law)
Related	14th Congress 13th Congress 12th Congress 11th Congress Lakas-CMD Kampi Public image Fraud: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the May 2004 Elections Moron 5 and the Crying Lady Controversies Fertilizer Fund scam NBN/ZTE scandal National Artist controversy Domestic incidents EDSA II EDSA III Operation Freedom Eagle Oakwood mutiny 2003 SARS outbreak Tropical Depression Winnie Hacienda Luisita massacre 2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing 2006 state of emergency 2006 Southern Leyte mudslide Xangsane (Milenyo) Durian (Reming) Guimaras oil spill Manila Peninsula siege 2007 Basilan beheading incident Joseph Estrada's conviction and release Fengshen (Frank) 2009 swine flu pandemic 2009–10 Mayon Volcano eruptions Ketsana (Ondoy) Parma (Pepeng) Maguindanao massacre Kidnapping of Angelo dela Cruz Subic rape case 2005 Southeast Asian Games
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