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PHILIPPINES HISTORY
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ANDREA EMOR
MARK JASPHER CASTILLO

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EDSA 2: People Power Revolution
to oust Estrada and change
leadership
January 17-20, 2001
The Second EDSA Revolution, also known as
the Second People Power Revolution, EDSA
2001, and EDSA II, was a peaceful political
uprising that took place from January 17–20,
2001, and which resulted in Joseph Estrada's
peaceful overthrow as the thirteenth president
of the Philippines.

Estrada resigned and was succeeded by his

Vice President, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who
was sworn into office by then-Chief Justice
Hilario Davide Jr. at around noon on January
20, 2001, several hours before Estrada fled
Malacañang Palace.
The name EDSA is an acronym for Epifanio de
los Santos Avenue, the main route that
connects Pasay, Makati, Mandaluyong,
Quezon City, and Caloocan in Metro Manila.

The EDSA Shrine church, located at the

northernmost point of the commercial district
Ortigas Center, served as the epicenter of the
revolution.
 Day 1: January 17, 2001
One of the eleven senators who
voted against opening the
envelope, Senator Tessie Aquino-
Oreta, was seen on national
television as the opposition left; it
was assumed that she was jigging
and booing back at the audience in
the Senate gallery after the Ayala
group jeered her and other pro-
Erap senators.
Day 2: January 18, 2001
Students from private schools and left-
wing organizations helped the crowd
to keep expanding. The thousands of
demonstrators included members of
Bayan Muna and Akbayan, as well as
lawyers from other bar groups
including the Integrated Bar of the
Philippines. Similar to 1986, a parallel
anti-Estrada event was held in Makati,
where stars and music icons
entertained the large people near the
shrine.

The Armed Forces of the
Philippines and the Philippine
National Police joined the
protesters at the EDSA Shrine
in withdrawing their support
for Estrada.
Day 3: January 19, 2001
At 2:00 PM, Joseph Estrada
makes his first televised
appearance since the start of
the demonstrations and insists
that he won't step down. In
stating that only a guilty
finding will result in his
removal from office, he
emphasizes that he wants the
impeachment trial to go
through.
Estrada makes another
broadcast appearance at 6:15
PM, this time advocating for a
hasty presidential election to
be held on May 14, 2001,
along with local and
congressional elections. He
continues by saying he won't
be running in this election.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
took the oath of office as
president at 12:30 in front of
Chief Justice Hilario Davide
Jr. and the assembled public at
EDSA.
Day 4: January 20, 2001
At the same time, however, a
sizable anti-Estrada crowd had
already gathered at the famed
Mendiola Bridge after having
earlier in the day left the
shrine, only to encounter PNP
officers and the pro-Estrada
supporters who were behind
them and who had by this point
already attacked the police, the
anti-Estrada protesters, and
even media personnel.
Later, on a boat traveling
along the Pasig River, Estrada
and his family left
Malacañang Palace. They
were grinning, waving to the
media, and shaking hands with
the other Cabinet members
and palace staff. He was
initially given house arrest in
San Juan before being sent to
his rest home in Sampaloc, a
small hamlet in Tanay, Rizal.
Thank You.