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Year and Type Contenders Issues Results POST EDSA PERIOD 1992 Synchronized presidential, Congressional and Local Elections( May 11, 1992)
1998 Presidential, Vice- Presidential and Congressional Elections( May 11, 1998)
2004 Presidential, Legislative and Local Election( May 10, 2004)
Seven candidates competed for the top post: Nacionalista Party-Salvador Laurel Liberal Party-Jovito Salonga Laban ng Demokratrikong Pilipino( LDP)- Ramon V. Mitra Lakas-NUCD-Fidel V. Ramos Nationalist People’ s Coalition( NPC)-Eduardo Cojuangco People’ s Reform Party( PRP)- Miriam Defensor Santiago Kilusang Bagong Lipunan- Imelda Marcos Presidential Candidates Partido Masang Pilipino-Joseph Estrada-Jose de Venecia-Renato De Villa-Santiago Dumlao-Juan Ponce Enrile-Alfredo Lim-Imelda Marcos-Manoling Morato-Lito Osmena-Raul Roco-Miriam Defensor-Santiago
LAKAS – Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo KNP – Fernando Poe Jr Panfilo Lacson – LDP Raul Roco – Aksyon Eddie Villanueva – Bangon Pilipinas
And the rest as they say is“ History”…
Economic reform, political stability, clean government, and social justice were the main issues of the campaign.“ Trapo” or traditional politics and politicians was the central issue at that time.
First party-list elections
Apparent victory for candidates with“ celebrity status” or associated with“ celebrities”
Elections in the Philippines have always been a manual process with the results for national positions often being announced more than a month after election day. An attempt to rectify this was done by the Commission on Elections by automating the process of counting the votes. More than 30 billion pesos were spent in acquiring counting machines that were never used in this elections because of numerous controversies and political opposition.
Fidel V. Ramos bested the other candidates for the presidency.
With 38 % of votes, Joseph Ejercito Estrada won the presidency over the other candidates, while Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won the vicepresidency.
After three years, however, in January 2001, EDSA DOS, a repeat of the 1986 People Power removed Estrada from Malacañang and seated Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the new president. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won over Fernando Poe Jr. and Independent( allied with LAKAS) Noli de Castro won as Vice.
Her presidency is questionable due to the famous“ Hello Garci” issue.
* This matrix of History of Philippine Elections is consolidated from: Carlos, C. R. and Banlaoi, RC.( 1996). Elections in the Philippines From Pre-colonial Period to the Present. Makati City: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.; www. comelec. gov. ph, and Maambong, Regalado.( n. d.). Outline and Study Guide on Election Law.
* Serves as Annex to Your Vote. Our Future- Citizen-Voter Education Module prepared by the Institute for Political and Electoral Reform( IPER) in cooperation with the Consortium on Electoral Reforms( CER).
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