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Date | April 25–May 1, 2001 | ||
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Caused by | Arrest of newly deposed President Joseph Estrada | ||
Methods | Protest | ||
Resulted in | Violent dispersal of protesters; declaration of a state of rebellion and arrest leaders of the opposition.[1] | ||
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The May 1 riots,[2] or EDSA III (pronounced as EDSA Three or EDSA Tres, the Spanish word for "three"), were protests sparked by the arrest of newly deposed president Joseph Estrada of the Philippines from April 25 to May 1, 2001. The protest was held for 7 days on a major highway in Metro Manila, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), which eventually culminated in an attempt to storm the Malacañang Palace.
Taking place four months after the Second EDSA Revolution, the protests were considered as a more populist uprising in comparison to the previous demonstrations in the same location in January 2001. The protests and the attack on the presidential palace, however, failed in their objectives. Participants continue to claim that it was a genuine People Power event, a claim disputed by the participants and supporters of EDSA II. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has acknowledged the divisive nature of the two terminologies by saying in one statement that she hoped to be the president of "EDSA II and EDSA III".[8]
[Senior Supt. Nicolas] Pacinos clarified that the lone police fatality, PO3 Rolando Abello, was not killed during the dispersal.
...dahil ako ay presidente hindi lamang ng mga taga-EDSA 2. Ako ay presidente ng buong Pilipinas. Kaya naman ako rin ay presidente ng mga taga-EDSA 3[...since I am president, not only of those in EDSA 2. I am the president of the entire Philippines. Hence, I am also president of those in EDSA 3.]