2001 EDSA Revolution

Second EDSA Revolution EDSA II
Date	17–20 January 2001
Location	Philippines
Goals	Remove Joseph Estrada from the office
Methods	Protests
Result	Estrada and his family leave Malacañan Palace Resignation of President Joseph Estrada Arroyo became President
Parties to the civil conflict
Anti-Estrada civilian protestors Defectors of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Defectors of the Philippine National Police Catholic Church in the Philippines Archdiocese of Manila Militant groups: Estrada Resign Movement SANLAKAS Akbayan Citizens Action Party Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Kongreso ng Mamayang Pilipino II Individual groups: Makati Business Club Estrada loyalists and government
Lead figures
Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo AFP Chief of Staff Angelo Reyes PNP Chief Panfilo Lacson Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin Corazon Aquino Fidel V. Ramos President Joseph Estrada Loi Estrada Jinggoy Estrada Miriam Defensor-Santiago Juan Ponce Enrile

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The Second EDSA Revolution (EDSA II) was a four-day political protest from 17–20 January 2001 that peacefully overthrew the government of Joseph Estrada, the thirteenth President of the Philippines. Estrada was succeeded by his Vice-President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who was sworn into office by then-Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. at around noon on 20 January 2001, several hours before Estrada fled Malacañang Palace. EDSA is an acronym derived from Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, the major thoroughfare connecting five cities in Metro Manila, namely Pasay, Makati, Mandaluyong, Quezon City, and Caloocan, with the revolution's epicentre at the EDSA Shrine church at the northern tip of Ortigas Center, a business district.

Advocates described EDSA II as "popular" but critics view the uprising as a conspiracy among political and business elites, military top brass and Catholic Cardinal Jaime Sin. International reaction to the revolt was mixed, with some foreign nations including the United States immediately recognising the legitimacy of Arroyo's presidency, and foreign commentators describing it as "a defeat for due process of law", "mob rule", and a "de facto coup".

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