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On July 7, Arroyo rejected to resign, wanting her cabinet to resign instead so she can have a "free hand to reorganize". Eventually, eight cabinet members resigned. Still, the protests continued. On July 13, 30,000 people protested in Makati. On July 16, pro-Arroyo protesters went to the Quirino Grandstand to support Arroyo. On August 30 ...
The recordings of Ong became known as the Hello Garci controversy and triggered massive protests against Arroyo. Key members of her cabinet resigned from their respective posts and urged Arroyo to do the same. On June 27, 2005, Arroyo admitted to inappropriately speaking to a COMELEC official, claiming it was a "lapse in judgement".
It condemned the then president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for tolerating the lawlessness, saying that she had, "largely turned a blind eye to the killing spree in Davao City and elsewhere." [11] In 2004, Arroyo announced Rodrigo Duterte as her special advisor on crime, an appointment which was viewed as signifying her approval of extrajudicial ...
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo served two consecutive terms as 14th President of the Philippines: 2001-2004, and 2004-2010.Her first term started on January 20, 2001, following the Second EDSA Revolution which occurred when she was the Vice President under President Joseph Estrada (in office 1998-2001).
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo: June 30, 1998 – January 20, 2001 Executive Secretary: Ronaldo Zamora: July 1, 1998 – December 31, 2000 Edgardo Angara: January 6, 2001 – January 20, 2001 Secretary of Agrarian Reform: Horacio Morales Jr. July 1, 1998 – January 20, 2001 Secretary of Agriculture: William Dar: July 1, 1998 – May 24, 1999 Edgardo ...
The political killings in the Philippines, with an estimated death toll of over 1,200 in 2010, began during the administration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in 2001. These include extrajudicial harassment, torture, disappearances and murder of civilian non-combatants by the military and police.
The term "Hyatt 10" refers to a group of seven secretaries of the Cabinet and three heads of government agencies in the Philippines who resigned their posts on July 8, 2005, as a result of the Hello Garci scandal, which allegedly implicated then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in rigging the 2004 general election in her favor.
Due to the implication of its members in the case, as well as in other crimes, his successor Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered to abolish the task force in 2001. [10] [33] [34] [35] Since then, no actions had been taken against its members. [36] By 2009, at least three of the respondents in the case are already dead. [37]