The Last Days of Joseph Ejercito Estrada 1 By Executive Secretary Edgardo Angara Printed in the Philippine Daily Inquirer , e!ruary "#$"% &""1 Editor’s Note: This is the inside story of the “The Final Days of Joseph Ejercito Estrada”hich is the title of the diary of for!er E"ecuti #e $ecretary Ed%ardo &n%ara' &n%ara !ade the diaries e"clusi#ely a#aila(le to the I N)*I+E+' ,is narrati#e contains a detailed account of e#ents inside -alaca.an% durin% Estrada’s last to days in office' It is an insider’s account of ho and hy the ne%oti ati ons for the resi%nation col lapsed/ lea#in% a consti tut ional a!(i%u ity hi ch is no the (asis for a le%al challe n%e/ sta%ed (y Est rada’s supporters/ a%ainst the le%al le%iti!acy of the -acapa%al %o#ern!ent' &n%ara’s account is incorporated in a (oo0 the Inquirer is pu(lishin% on the fall o f the Estrada %o#ern!ent' The (oo0/ hose principal author is &!ando Doronila/ contains a co!pre hens i#e ass ess!ent of the rea sons (ehind the col lapse of the %o#ern!ent and ins ide stories of the e#ents durin% the fi#e days of People Poer II ' (T )AS *+" in the -orning, Jan' &", &""1' & ( .as inside the Presidentia/ 0esidence, tired and .eary fro- a night of negotiations for Joseph Ejercito Estrada' The residence /ooed coo/ and tran2ui/, as it had !een for -any -onths that ( had !een its visitor' 3ery fe. peo p/e .ere -oving around the first f/oor of the residence' 4y senior Deputy Executive Secretary, 0a-on 5Dondon6 Bagatsing, .as seated at one of the round ta!/es' The head of the Presidentia/ 4anage-ent Staff, 4a' 7e/ia 54ace/6 ernande8, .as !usy at the co-puter' 9n/y 1 days ago, ( too -y oath as executive secretary on Jan %, &""1 to .or .ith the 1 th President of the Phi/ippines' And the 1 th day /asted t.o days' )hen ( -ade the difficu/t decision to accept the position of executive secretary, on/y t.o things .ere c/ear in -y -ind and heart' 9ne, ( .ou/d serve our country .ith a// -y energy, ensuring that govern-ent .ou/d a/.ays !e there for our country-en' But -ore i-portant/y, ( ne. that this .as a jo! that ( .ou/d perfor- to the !est of -y capacities$ ti// t he end' 7ertain/y, it .as this disposition that carried -e through those fina/ days, those fina/ hours, and gave -e the opportunity to .itness history unfo/ding' At nine in the -orning of Thursday, Jan' 1:, ( received the officers and !oard -e-!ers of the ederation of i/ipino 7hinese 7ha-!ers of 7o--erce in -y office at 4a!ini ;a//, headed !y their president e-eritus Ji--y Tang' )e discussed ho. the federation cou/d assist in e-p/oy-ent creation especia//y in the countryside' Briefing on NDF, MILF (--ediate/y after <en' Edgardo Batenga and <en' 3ictor 4ayo, deputy nationa/ security adviser, gave -e a !riefing on the 4(L negotiations' A .ee ago, the President gave -e the go ahead to resu-e negotiations .ith !oth the =ationa/ De-ocratic ront and the 4oro (s/a-ic 1 Page !reas indicat e .hen the part pu!/i shed has conc/uded ' (ta/ici 8ed 5Editor6 s =otes6 are part of the texts the-se/ves ' ootn otes are -y co--ents' & >irst of three parts? Philippine Daily Inquirer , e!ruary "# &""1' 0etrieved fro- http+@@ne.s'goog/e'[email protected]nid &#C*dat&""1"&"# idE#&AAAA(BAJsjidh7 F4AAAA(BAJpg &&&,1%G&##& C ;ead/ine+ Erap6s fina/ hours to/d' Drophead+ At 1+&" p-', Jan &", Estrada says, 5This is serious, 0eyes has defected6' This .as revised in the e!ruary "G, &""1 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer as 5At At 1+&" p-', Jan 19, Estrada says, 5This is serious, 0eyes has defected'6 Page !rea, -ared as 5E0AP6S@A1%

Edgardo Angara- "The Last Days of Joseph Ejercito Estrada"

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