Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo is the 14th President of the Philippines.
On July 27, 2003, Arroyo faced another rebellion against her regime when more than three hundred renegade junior officers and soldiers of the armed forces of the Philippines mutinied and seized a hotel and a shopping mall in Makati City, financial capital of the Philippines. The mutineers surrendered after a 22 hour standoff upon reaching terms for their peaceful surrender.
In August 2003, Jose Miguel Arroyo, the presidents's husband and first gentleman, was accused of corruption by the political opposition. Jose Miguel Arroyo was accused of siphoning off campaign funds and contributions to a bank account under the fictitious name of "Jose Pidal", aside from rampant speculation that he cheated on his wife. The accusations were never legally substantiated but left the president frustrated and very angry with her husband. The two have already been reconciled.
In the middle of 2005, Samuel Ong who is a former deputy director of the country's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) claimed to have audio tapes of wiretapped conversations between President Arroyo and an official of the Commission on Elections. The contents of the tape allegedly proved, according to Ong, that the 2004 national election was rigged by Arroyo in order to win by around one million votes.
Two witnesses, Antonio Rasalan and Clinton Colcol, stepped forward on August 2006, claiming involvement in an alleged plot to alter the results for the May 2004 elections.
