Philippine AHC: Best GMA presidency possible

How can Arroyo accomplish all of her political goals and have the best presidency possible? Namely, making more progress on economic liberalization and becoming Prime Minister in a federal system if the people's initiative is approved by the SC in 2006.
 
Making Estrada formally renounce the presidency would weaken the opposition, true.

You'd also want want the accusations of poll fraud in 2004 not be convincing enough...
 
I'd say having the Garci call not happen or the recording destroyed would take care of 2004. It should've been a much wider margin, above 50% for GMA IMO given her opponent's utter lack of qualifications and education. But then again, same happened in '98...

I'd say that the smoking gun envelope is opened, allowing the impeachment to proceed on schedule. Then there can be no question surrounding the succession's legality.
 
You could have GMA embrace the masa out of pragmatism or conviction = more popularity = more support = GMA Marcos
 
That's not where she gets her support: rather from the middle and upper classes. GMA is a technocrat with precisely zero charisma, it's her policies that attract support, certainly not her person. This is the perennial political division of the post-Aquino Fifth Republic: trapos backed by the middle and upper classes against populist "civilians" competing for the presidency. In 2004 Poe was running as an Erap proxy without Erap's political experience, I don't know if that got much play at the time.

I think without the Hello Garci mess things will go a lot smoother. As for broadband, no idea how that one is prevented. In 2006, switching that vote moves the country into the Federal (Sixth) Republic by 2008, probably with a figurehead loyalist remaining as President.
 
That's not where she gets her support: rather from the middle and upper classes. GMA is a technocrat with precisely zero charisma, it's her policies that attract support, certainly not her person. This is the perennial political division of the post-Aquino Fifth Republic: trapos backed by the middle and upper classes against populist "civilians" competing for the presidency. In 2004 Poe was running as an Erap proxy without Erap's political experience, I don't know if that got much play at the time.

I think without the Hello Garci mess things will go a lot smoother. As for broadband, no idea how that one is prevented. In 2006, switching that vote moves the country into the Federal (Sixth) Republic by 2008, probably with a figurehead loyalist remaining as President.

And right now we may have seen the progress of her First World by 2020 program. ;)
 
Not really. I don't think anyone can undo Marcos' trashing of the country's economy. You'd need to develop an alternative to the OFWs, most likely in the service or agricultural sectors. Hence GMA's push for tech industries as with the broadband deal.
 
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