埃斯特拉达：菲律宾特色民主的产物与替罪羊

菲律宾被罢黜总统埃斯特拉达（以下称埃氏）是菲律宾历届当选总统中得票率最高的“民选”总统,曾被菲律宾人评价为继50年代马克赛赛总统之后最受群众欢迎的总统。然而,在执政后仅一年多便遭致来自各派势力的激烈反对,并成为亚洲第一位遭受弹劾的总统,最终在民变、政变、军变的压力下黯然交出了政权。埃氏作为民选总统,政治生涯在任期仅二年半期间发生了如此戏剧性的变化,其中缘由值得深思。本文试图从菲律宾特色民主为出发点,探索埃氏这位民选总统倒台的原因,并对菲律宾特色民主“EDSA第二次人民力量”的后遗问题进行一些初步的探讨。

Estrada: the Outcome and Scapegoat of Philippine Featured Democracy

s: The deposed former President Joseph Estrada was acknowledged as one of most popular presidents in Philippine history. Nevertheless, he was fiercely opposed by various groups of the anti-government forces shortly after his ascension to presidential throne. He was impeached as the first president in Asian history and forced to quit office under the pressures of mass uprising, political and military coups. It is important to ponder the reasons for this dramatic change of the mass-elected president Estrada's political career within a short period of two years and a half. Taking Philippine featured democracy as the starting point, this paper tries to explore the causes of Estrada's downfall, and make a probe into the problems left over by the "EDSA II People's Power".