Post Martial Law up to the Present Time

In January 2001, the Supreme Court declared Joseph Estrada unable to rule in view
of mass resignations from his government and declared Vice-President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo as his constitutional successor. To this date, Estrada remains
detained facing graft charges before the Sandigan Bayan, the Anti-graft court.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, completed the remaining term of Estrada

and run for re-election against Fernando Poe, Jr., another popular
actor and a friend of Estrada in May 2004. Arroyo with her running
mate Noli de Castro was eventually proclaimed the winners of the
Presidential & Vice-Presidential elections. She has been advocating
a change from a Presidential form of government to a
Parliamentary form of government.

Arroyo's husband & son has been rumored to be receiving money from gambling
lords and this has tainted her reputation. A tape recording of Arroyo talking with a
commissioner on elections surfaced establishing impropriety by Arroyo and
suggesting that she might have influenced the outcome of the last elections.
Demonstrations followed in June 2005 calling for Arroyo to resign.

On the eve of the anniversary of the "People Power Revolution" on February 24, 2006,
the government took pre-emptive measures to quash alleged plots to unseat Arroyo
through massive rallies and a coup. Arroyo declared a "State of Emergency" the next
day mobilizing the police and the military averting any destabilization moves. Note:
Arroyo is has been under hospital arrest since 2011 for charges of electoral sabotage
and misuse of public funds. She is detained at the Veterans Memorial Hospital in
Quezon City, Metro Manila.

May 14, 2007 - National Elections for Senators, Congressmen, Governors, Mayors
and local officials. Although there are instances of violence and allegations of cheating
specially in Mindanao, this elections is considered by many as one of the most
peaceful elections conducted in Philippines.

September 12, 2007 - Former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada is

convicted of plunder by the Sandiganbayan, the anti-graft court
and is sentenced to 40 years imprisonment. He is the first former
president ever convicted of any crime in Philippine history. Six
weeks later, on October 26, Estrada was pardoned by President
Arroyo. Because of the pardon, Estrada was able to run for Mayor
of Manila and won. He is presently the city mayor of Manila.