Information about the regime of Joseph Estrada when he was the president of the Philippines.
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The Regime of Joseph Estrada Rayhanie M. Pangcoga Prepared by:
Who is Joseph Estrada?
As an ACTOR
Best Actor for the fifth time Established the Movie Workers Welfare Foundation, Inc As an ACTOR
As a MAYOR of San Juan
San Juan Municipal Hall San Juan Progress Foundation San Juan Police and Fire Trust Fund Agora Complex Mini-parks, road, alleys As a MAYOR of San Juan
Most Outstanding Metro Manila Mayor Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Erap Para Sa Mahirap Foundation Relocation of 1,800 informal settlers As a MAYOR of San Juan
As a SENATOR
As a SENATOR Chairman of the Committee on Public Works Vice Chairman of the Committees on Health, Natural Resources and Ecology and Urban Planning
As a VICE PRESIDENT
Chairman of the Presidential Anti-Crime Commission Member of the National Security Council Philippine Drug Abuse Resistance Eduaction Program As a VICE PRESIDENT
As a PRESIDENT
Primary Problems
Primary Problems 1. Graft and Corruption -was pretty eminent not just during Estrada's Administration
Primary Problems 2. Asian Financial Crisis -the Central Bank raised interests by 1.75%. The BSP was forced to intervene heavily to defend the peso raising the overnight rate from 15% to 24%
Primary Problems 3. El Nino
Primary Problems -serious drought of land -unemployment of the farmers -rise of prices of rice 3. El Nino
Primary Problems 4. Poverty
Primary Problems -5.75 million belonged to the lowest 40% income group -8.62 million belonged to the highest 60% income group 4. Poverty
Laws and Programs
Laws and Programs 1. Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 (Republic Act No. 8749)
Laws and Programs -designed to protect and preserve the environment and ensure the sustainable developments of its natural resources 1. Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 (Republic Act No. 8749)
Laws and Programs -bill dismantles 40 years of state protectionism over the country's retail trade industry 2. Retail Trade Liberalization Act (Republic Act No. 8762)
Laws and Programs 3. New General Banking Act (Republic Act No. 8791)
Laws and Programs -opens up the Local banking industry to foreign players after almost 50 years of having it exclusively reserved and protected from Filipino nationals -10 foreign banks have already established their presence 3. New General Banking Act (Republic Act No. 8791)
Laws and Programs 4 . Electronic Commerce Act of 2000 (Republic Act No. 8792)
Laws and Programs - Outlaws computer hacking and provides opportunities for new businesses emerging from the Internet-driven New Economy. 4 . Electronic Commerce Act of 2000 (Republic Act No. 8792)
Laws and Programs 5. New Securities Act (Republic Act No. 8799)
Laws and Programs -liberalizes the securities market by shifting policy from merit regulation to full disclosure 5. New Securities Act (Republic Act No. 8799)
Laws and Programs 6. Agrarian Reform
Laws and Programs -Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program -266,000 hectares of land to 175,000 landless farmers -September 1999, he issued Executive Order 151 known as Farmer's Trust Fund 6. Agrarian Reform
Laws and Programs - Magkabalikat Para sa Kaunlarang Agraryo - Agrikulturang Maka Masa 6. Agrarian Reform
Laws and Programs 7. Anti-Crime Task Force
Laws and Programs -1998, Executive Order No. 8, created the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF) -car theft and kidnappig cases 7. Anti-Crime Task Force
Laws and Programs 8. Death Penalty - antidote to crime
Laws and Programs -CONCORD or Constitutional Correction for Development -would only amend the restrictive economic provisions of the constitution 9. Charter Change
Laws and Programs 10. RP-US Visiting forces Agreement
Laws and Programs -1999, Visiting Forces Agreement with the US was ratified in the senate 10. RP-US Visiting forces Agreement
Issues and Controversies
Issues and Controversies 1. War between MILF
Issues and Controversies 1. War between MILF -277 violations committed -kidnapping a foreign priest namely Father Luciano Benedetti -occupying and setting on fire of the municipal hall of Talayan, Maguindanao
Issues and Controversies -takeover of the Kauswagan Municipal Hall -bombing of the Lady of Mediatrix boat at Ozamiz City -takeover of the Narciso Ramos Highway 1. War between MILF
Issues and Controversies 2. Plunder -acceptance of 545 million pesos from proceeds of jueteng -illegal gambling game; misappropriation of 130 million peso in excise taxes from tobacco
Issues and Controversies -receiving a 189.7 million pesos commission from the sale of the shares of a Belle Corporation, a real estate firm -owning some 3.2 billion pesos in a bank account under the name of Jose Velarde 2. Plunder
Issues and Controversies 3. Perjury "I swear to tell the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTH."
Issues and Controversies -underreporting his assets in his 1999 statement of assets and liabilities; -illegal use of an alias, namely for Jose Velarde bank account 3. Perjury
Issues and Controversies 4. Best World Resources
Issues and Controversies 4. Best World Resources -small gaming company listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange
Issues and Controversies 5. Impeachment Trial -first time Filipinos would witness an elected president stand in the trial and face possible impeachment with full media coverage
People Power II
People Power II
People Power II In mid January 2001, senators acting as judges at the trial for impeachment decided by a vote of 11-10 not to open key bank documents that prosecutors said would prove Estrada’s corruption. The series of events that led to Estrada’s ouster was referred to as Edsa II, or People Power II, a nod to the first People Power Revolutions that ousted Marcos in 1986. EDSA is the Philippines’s main thoroughfare.
Thank you for listening!!! Submitted to: Sir Raihan A. Yusoph Political Science Teacher Ibn Siena Integrated School Foundation 2017-2018
Group 1 HUMSS - 12 Guro, Jazroddin Dipatuan, Norsam Pangcoga, Rayhanie Tawantawan, Faisah The Regime of Joseph Estrada