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Sen. Angara shifts gear, now calls for caution on Cha-cha
The Manila Times - 6/2/2006
AFTER saying that he was in favor of the constituent assembly as the mode to amend the 1987 Constitution, Sen. Edgardo Angara is shifting gears and has cautioned Congress not to go headstrong into changing the Charter, saying that this cannot be done overnight.
 
Church, elite, Ramos ousted me, says Estrada
Sunstar.com.ph - 6/1/2006
MANILA -- Former Philippine leader Joseph Estrada returned to the witness stand in his long-running corruption trial to tell the court Wednesday that he was ousted from office by a conspiracy involving the powerful Roman Catholic Church and the country's elite.
 
GMA to become honorary president?
Philstar.com - 6/1/2006
President Arroyo’s powers will be diminished and she will become a figurehead in an interim parliament during the transition from the current US-style form of government to a full parliamentary system, according to one lawmaker.
 
PCGG eyes Marcos compromise in 7 months
ManilaStandardToday.com - 6/1/2006
CHAIRMAN Camilo Sabio of the Presidential Commission on Good Government has seven months to achieve a breakthrough in his agency’s pursuit to forge a compromise deal over the Marcos wealth, which is entangled in 500 civil and criminal cases before different courts in the country.
 
FVR drops bid to cut GMA term
ManilaStandardToday.com - 6/1/2006
Former President Fidel Ramos has dropped his call for the shortening of the term of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as the country moves toward a parliamentary system. Shortening her tenure is “no longer realistic,” he said.
 
Erap blames conspiracy of Church, rich, and military
ManilaStandardToday.com - 6/1/2006
TESTIFYING again in his plunder trial, deposed President Joseph Estrada blamed a grand conspiracy of industrialists, church leaders, politicians and military men—including the Ayalas, the Lopezes, the Makati Business Club and the late archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin—for booting him from office in 2001.
 
Manila's Estrada says he was a conspiracy victim
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 5/31/2006
Deposed Philippine President Joseph Estrada accused a group of business leaders, some Roman Catholic bishops and generals of conspiring to oust him from power in 2001, fabricating plunder cases against him. Estrada, 69, is accused of amassing up to $80 million from state coffers and bribes while in power. The former film star denies the charges, which triggered his overthrow in a popular revolt in 2001.
 
Philippine ex- PM warns Arroyo
Business Day - 5/30/2006
MANILA — Former Philippine leader Joseph Estrada issued President Gloria Arroyo with a stark warning on Tuesday after five of his supporters were detained for allegedly plotting to assassinate ministers.
 

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