Post Martial Law up to the Present Time

 
The 21-year dictatorial rule of Marcos with wife Imelda ended in 1986
following a popular uprising that forced them to exile to Hawaii. Corazon
"Cory" Aquino, the wife of exiled and murdered opposition leader
Benigno Aquino who was perceived to have won a just concluded snap
election was installed as president. Aquino restored civil liberties,
initiated the formation of a new constitution and the restoration of
Congress.
 
On September 16, 1991, despite the lobbying of Aquino, the Senate
rejected a new treaty that would allow a 10-year extension of the US
military bases in the country.
 
In the1992 elections, Pres. Aquino endorsed Secretary of Defense Fidel Ramos as her
successor, which Ramos won with a slight margin over his rival, Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
During the Ramos presidency, he advocated "National Reconciliation" and laid the ground
work for the resolution of the secessionist Muslim rebels in the southern Philippine Island of
Mindanao. The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) led by Nur Misuari, signed a peace
agreement with the government. However a splinter group, The Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF) led by Hashim Salamat continued to fight for an Islamic state. Ramos worked
for the economic stability of the country and the improvement of the infrastructure facilities
like telecommunications, energy and transportation.
 
Joseph Ejercito Estrada, a popular actor, succeeded Ramos in 1998 with Gloria Macapagal-
Arroyo (daughter of former President Diosdado Macapagal) as his Vice-President. Estrada's
lack of economic & management skills plunged the economy deeper as unemployment
increased and the budget deficit ballooned. In October 2000, Estrada's close friend Luis
"Chavit" Singson accused Estrada of receiving millions of pesos from "Jueteng", an illegal
numbers game. Soon after, Congress impeached Estrada on grounds of bribery, graft and
corruption, betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the constitution. His
impeachment trial at the Senate was however blocked by his political allies in the Senate.
Shortly after the evidence against Estrada was blocked at the Senate, thousands of people
rallied up at the EDSA Shrine, site of the People Power Revolution which ousted Marcos in
1986.
 
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.
 
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III, affectionately called "Noynoy"
and "Pnoy", a former senator is the son of former President Corazon C.
Aquino and the late Senator Benigno Aquino. He won the May 10, 2010
presidential elections and was proclaimed president on June 30, 2010 at Rizal Park in
Manila. Former President Gloria Arroyo, was elected congresswoman for the second district
of Pampanga. This was the first computerized national elections in
Philippine history. Aquino is generally perceived as honest with high
public satisfaction ratings. Under his presidency, the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, Renato Corona was impeached in 2011 for non-
declaration of assets and prominent politicians like Senators and
Congressmen is being charged of corruption. Aquino continues his anti-
corruption crusade. Under the present constitution, Aquino cannot run for
a second term. Presidential elections were held in May 9, 2016. Strong
candidates were Mary Grace Sonora Poe-Llamanzares, Rodrigo Roa
Duterte, Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II and Jejomar Cabauatan Binay.
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On June 30, 2016, Rodrigo "Rody" Roa Duterte (a.k.a. Digong), the former mayor of Davao
City in Mindanao who is known for his strong stance against illegal drugs and crime,
assumed the presidency succeeding Benigno Aquino III after receiving an overwhelming win
in the May 9 elections. On the same day but separately, former congresswoman Maria
Leonor "Leni" Santo Tomas Gerona-Robredo (Leni Robredo for short) who belongs to a
different party, takes oath as vice-president succeeding Jejomar Binay. Both Duterte &
Robredo serves a single term limit of six-years (till 2022). Duterte is advocating a change of
government from presidential to a federal form of government. Unlike previous presidents,
the tough-talking Duterte is antagonistic towards the United States, which has been a long
time ally of the Philippines. Remarkably, he is more friendly with China, a country which the
previous administration filed a case against at The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The
Hague for occupying several islands within the Philippine 200 mile exclusive economic zone.
The court decided overwhelmingly in favor of the Philippines in July 2016, China refuses to
accept the verdict. Duterte has been criticized by human rights groups and some in the
international community for his hard handed tactics against illegal drugs which has lead to
the killings of thousands (including innocent bystanders) allegedly involved in the drug
trade.
 
On March 10, 2020, due to the worldwide spread of the Novel Coronavirus (officially named
COVID-19), Duterte has declared a public health state of emergency in the Philippines. The
virus which was first discovered in Wuhan, China. To slow the number of infections and
fatalities, Metro Manila and later the whole island of Luzon has been placed under lockdown.
The total number victims of COVID-19 has yet to be determined. In March 2021 the
government started inoculating a vaccine against Covid-19 staring with health care workers.