| POWER GRAB FROM PRESIDENT JOSEPH ESTRADA |
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POWER GRAB FROM PRESIDENT JOSEPH ESTRADA:
The Estrada presidency was soon dogged by
charges of plunder and corruption, and he was
reported by his Chief of Staff Aprodicio
Laquian to spend long hours drinking with
shady characters. In October 2000, an
acknowledged gambling racketeer, Luis
"Chavit" Singson, governor of the province of
Ilocos Sur, alleged that he had personally
given Estrada the sum of 400 million pesos as
payoff from illegal gambling profits, as well
as 180 million pesos from the government
price subsidy for the tobacco famers'
marketing cooperative. Singson's allegation
caused an uproar across the nation, which
culminated in Estrada's impeachment by the
House of Representatives in November of 2000.
He was the first Philippine President to be
impeached. The articles of impeachment were
then transmitted to the Senate and an
impeachment court was formed, with Chief
Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. as presiding
officer.
During the trial, the prosecution (composed
of congressmen and private prosecutors)
presented witnesses and evidence to the
impeachment court regarding Estrada's
involvement in illegal gambling, also known
as jueteng, and his maintenance of secret
bank accounts. However, the president's legal
team (composed of a former chief justice,
former congressman, former solicitor-general
and other lawyers) was quick to deny these
allegations and did its best to destroy the
claims of the witnesses during
cross-examination.
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EDSA II Revolution
Main article: EDSA II
On January 16, 2001, the impeachment court,
whose majority were political allies of
Estrada, voted not to open an envelope that
was said to contain incriminating evidence
against the president. The prosecution panel
walked out of the impeachment court in
protest of this vote. Others noted that the
walkout merit court contempt which Davide,
intentionally or unintentionally, did not
enforce.
That night, anti-Estrada protesters gathered
on the historical EDSA highway at the site of
the 1986 EDSA Revolution that overthrew
Ferdinand Marcos. A political turmoil ensued
and the clamor for Estrada's resignation
became stronger than ever. In the following
days, the number of protesters grew to the
hundreds of thousands.
On January 19, 2001, the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, seeing the political upheaval
throughout the country, decided to withdraw
its support from the president and transfer
its allegiance to the vice president, Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo. Without military support,
and with mass resignations from his cabinet,
Estrada's government quickly fell.
On January 20, 2001, the Supreme Court
declared the presidency vacant and the Chief
Justice swore in the constitutional
successor, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, as acting
President of the Philippines. Estrada and his
family were quickly evacuated from the
presidential palace
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| The Wohlstandskinder - Das Grab |
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The Wohlstandskinder - Das Grab
(Album: Poppxapank)
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Ich schau hinauf zu den Sternen, doch das,
was ich seh ist nur die feuchte Erde und der
Sarg, er ist so kalt, er bringt mich fast um,
wenn ich nicht schon längst tot wär, doch
ich fühl mich alleine, keiner ist da, was
nützen mir schon die Blumen, dort oben, wenn
man mich hier unten vergißt?
Ich bin kein anderer Mensch, seitdem ich
gestorben und begraben bin.
Ich bin kein anderer Mensch, auch wenn ich
schon Jahre völlig allein unter der Erde
lieg.
Manchmal höre ich Schritte, sie sind über
mir
doch sie gehen in Trauer und dann werden sie
schwer, daß ich sie nicht mehr ertrag, doch
ich kann mich nicht wehrn, wann hör ich
endlich das Lachen von nem freudigen Christ?
Mir schenkt man hier nur ein Schluchzen und
das auch nur dann, wenn Allerheiligen ist.
Ich bin kein anderer Mensch, seitdem ich
gestorben und begraben bin.
Ich bin kein anderer Mensch, auch wenn ich
schon Jahre völlig allein unter der Erde
lieg.
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