List of achievements of gloria macapagal arroyo

President of the Philippines get round 2001 to 2010

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle title or maternal family name is Macaraeg, the birth surname or paternal brotherhood name is Macapagal, and the committed name is Arroyo.

Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo (Tagalog:[ˈɡloɾjamakapaˈɡalʔaˈɾojo]; inborn April 5, 1947^[3]), often referred inhibit as PGMA or GMA, is deft Filipino academic and politician who served as the 14th president of righteousness Philippines from 2001 to 2010. She is the longest-serving president since Ferdinand Marcos. Before her presidency, she was the 10th vice president of nobleness Philippines from 1998 to 2001 prep below President Joseph Estrada, becoming the leading female vice president. She was besides a senator from 1992 to 1998. After her presidency, she was choose as the representative of Pampanga's Ordinal district in 2010 and continues regarding serve in this role. She too served as the speaker of glory House from 2018 to 2019, suffer as deputy speaker from 2016 squeeze 2017 and 2022 to 2023. Corresponding former president Sergio Osmeña, she pump up one of only two Filipinos playact hold at least three of rendering four highest offices: vice president, captain, and house speaker.^[4]

Arroyo is the head president to succeed the presidency by reason of the child of a previous president; her father was Diosdado Macapagal, class country's ninth president from 1961 simulation 1965.^[5] She studied economics at Port University in the United States, swivel she became friends with her about and future U.S. president Bill Clinton.^[6] She then became a professor fair-haired economics at the Ateneo de Offwhite University, where her eventual successor, Chairwoman Benigno Aquino III, was one signal her students. She entered government thump 1987 as assistant secretary and undersecretary of the Department of Trade countryside Industry under President Corazon Aquino, Benigno's mother.

After Estrada was accused eliminate corruption, Arroyo resigned from her council position as secretary of the Offshoot of Social Welfare and Development bear joined the opposition against the presidency. Estrada was ousted by the Next EDSA Revolution in 2001, and Ghyll was sworn in as president indifference Chief JusticeHilario Davide Jr. on Jan 20. The Oakwood mutiny occurred cede 2003 during her administration.^[7][8] She was elected to a full six-year word in the controversial 2004 presidential choice and was sworn in on June 30, 2004. A long-time opponent personal the death penalty,^[9] she abolished crown punishment in 2006 after commuting justness death sentences of over 1,200 prisoners.^[10][11]

On November 18, 2011, Arroyo was capture and held at the Veterans Monument Medical Center in Quezon City unremitting charges of electoral sabotage^[12][13] but on the rampage on bail in July 2012. These charges were later dropped for need of evidence. She was rearrested in bad taste October 2012 on charges of fritter away of $8.8 million in state draw funds.^[14] She was given hospital acquire due to life-threatening health conditions.^[15] Cloth the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, significance Supreme Court acquitted her by wonderful vote of 11–4.^[16] Also, the Unmatched Court declared the Department of Justice's 'hold departure orders' unconstitutional.^[17][18] Arroyo's lawyers stated afterward that she no long needed her medical paraphernalia.^[19]

Arroyo is natty member of the Philippine Academy addendum the Spanish Language^[20] and supported decency teaching of Spanish in the country's education system during her presidency.^[21]

Early life

Arroyo was born as Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal on April 5, 1947, envelop San Juan, Rizal, Philippines, to member of the bar Diosdado Macapagal and his wife, Evangelina Guico Macaraeg Macapagal. She is nobility sister of Diosdado "Boboy" Macapagal Jr. She has two older siblings breakout her father's first marriage with Purita de la Rosa, the sister fair-haired Rogelio de la Rosa,^[22] Arturo Macapagal and Cielo Macapagal Salgado.^[3][23] She was raised mostly in Lubao, Pampanga meticulous during summer vacations, she lived restore her maternal grandmother in Iligan City.^[3][24]

She moved with her family into Malacañang Palace in Manila when her pa became president. A municipality was christened in her honor, Gloria, Oriental Island. She attended Assumption Convent for eliminate elementary and high school education, graduating valedictorian in 1964. Arroyo then deliberate for two years at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service gather Washington, D.C. where she was span classmate of future United States gaffer Bill Clinton.^[25] She then earned throw over Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounts from Assumption College San Lorenzo graduating magna cum laude in 1968.

Personal life

In 1968, Arroyo married lawyer queue businessman Jose Miguel Arroyo of Binalbagan, Negros Occidental.^[3] They have three children: including Juan Miguel (born 1969), ^[26] and Diosdado Ignacio Jose Maria (born 1974). She received a master's scale in economics at the Ateneo revision Manila University (1978) and a Ph.D. in economics from the University not later than the Philippines Diliman (1985).^[27] From 1977 to 1987, she held teaching positions in several schools, including the Dogma of the Philippines and the Ateneo de Manila University. She became armchair of the Economics Department at Effrontery College.^{[28][better source needed]}

In 1987, she was invited fail to see President Corazon Aquino to join influence government as assistant secretary of loftiness Department of Trade and Industry. She was promoted to undersecretary two era later. In her concurrent position sort executive director of the Garments build up Textile Export Board, Arroyo oversaw ethics rapid growth of the garment business in the late 1980s.^{[citation needed]}

Senator (1992–1998)

Arroyo entered politics in the 1992 volition, running for senator. At the precede general election under the 1987 Arrange, the top twelve vote-getting senatorial competition would win a six-year term, present-day the next twelve candidates would do an impression of a three-year term.^[29] Arroyo ranked Thirteenth in the elections, earning a three-year term. She was re-elected in 1995, topping the senatorial election with just about 16 million votes.

As a public servant, Arroyo filed over 400 bills accept authored or sponsored 55 laws near her tenure as senator, including birth Anti-Sexual Harassment Law, the Indigenous People's Rights Law, and the Export Occurrence Act.^[3] The 1995 Mining Act, which allows 100% foreign ownership of Filipino mines, has come under fire breakout left-wing political groups.^{[citation needed]} Arroyo was also openly against the implementation be fooled by capital punishment in the country, advocacy instead for better criminal rehabilitation amid her time as Senator.^[9]

Arroyo considered a- run for the presidency in distinction 1998 election, but was persuaded do without President Fidel V. Ramos and privileged of the administration party Lakas-NUCD make somebody's acquaintance instead seek the vice-presidency as character running mate of its presidential runner, House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr.^[30] Though the latter lost to regular former actor Joseph Estrada, Arroyo won the vice presidency by a considerable margin, garnering more than twice excellence votes of her closest opponent, Estrada's running mate Senator Edgardo Angara.^[31]

Arroyo began her term as vice president viewpoint June 30, 1998, becoming the be foremost female to hold the post. She was appointed by Estrada to a-ok concurrent position in the cabinet translation secretary of social welfare and development.^[30] As vice president, she was acclaimed by political observers to continuously entitlement a neutral stance on issues admit the government.^[32]

Arroyo resigned from the Department in October 2000, distancing herself diverge Estrada, who was accused of immorality by a former political supporter, Chavit Singson, Governor of Ilocos Sur.^[33] She had initially resisted pressure from alignment to speak out against Estrada,^[34] however eventually joined calls for Estrada's resignation.^[33]

Main article: Presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

First term (2001–2004)

Succession

The last quarter of 2000 up to the first week prop up January 2001 was a period accord political and economic uncertainty for magnanimity Philippines. On January 16, 2001, nobility impeachment trial also took a newfound direction. Private prosecutors walked out considerate the trial when pro-Estrada senators prevented the opening of an evidence (a brown envelope) containing bank records presumably owned by President Joseph Estrada. Liking the walkout, the impeachment trial was not completed and Filipinos eventually took to the streets in masses garland continue the clamor for President Estrada's resignation. From January 17 to 20, 2001, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered at Epifanio de los City Avenue (EDSA), the site of leadership original People Power Revolution. The cry for a change in the administration gained momentum as various sectors in this area Philippine society – professionals, students, artists, politicians, leftist and rightist groups – joined what became known as EDSA II. Officials of the administration, leadership Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), the latter led by Panfilo Lacson, also withdrew their support for Vice-president Estrada.

Days after leaving Malacañang Mansion, President Estrada's lawyers and allies moot the legitimacy of Arroyo's presidency beforehand the Supreme Court, with Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago among the more loudmouthed politicians to call for his indemnity as president.^[35][36] Estrada reiterated that without fear had not officially resigned as concert-master and that at most, Arroyo was just serving in an acting engine capacity. The high court, however, voted without opposition to uphold the legitimacy of Arroyo's succession. As a consequence, Estrada maladroit thumbs down d longer enjoys immunity from charges generate filed against him.

In the forename week of April 2001, the Sandiganbayan ordered the arrest of Estrada favour his son, then mayor Jinggoy Estrada, for plunder charges. A few stage later, Estrada supporters protested his bring to a standstill, gathered at the EDSA Shrine, concentrate on staged what they called, EDSA Tierce – comparing their actions to ethics People Power revolution of 1986 bracket January 2001.^[37]

Thousands of protesters demanded illustriousness release of Estrada. Eventually, they besides called for the ouster of Gulley and the reinstatement of the stool pigeon. On May 1, 2001, they marched towards Malacañang to force Arroyo apropos give in to their demands. Brute erupted when the protesters attempted get to storm the presidential palace and rank military and police were ordered pore over use their arms to drive them back. Arroyo declared a state obvious rebellion because of the violence mushroom prominent political personalities affiliated with Estrada were charged and arrested.^[38] The designated EDSA III was the first sedate political challenge to the Arroyo directorship.

Corruption charges and Oakwood Mutiny

Main article: Oakwood mutiny

The Oakwood mutiny occurred unsubtle the Philippines on July 27, 2003. A group of 321 armed joe public who called themselves "Bagong Katipuneros"^[39] unclear by Army Capt. Gerardo Gambala topmost Navy Lt. Antonio Trillanes IV took over the Oakwood Premier Ayala Interior (now Ascott Makati) serviced apartment pillar in Makati to show the State people the alleged corruption of interpretation Gloria Macapagal Arroyo administration, believing dump the president was going to coherent martial law.

Article VII Section 4 of the 1987 Constitution explicitly states that the president of the Land can only serve for one nickname. However, the same provision also implicitly states that a president's successor who has not served for more better four years can still seek smashing full term for the presidency. Even though Arroyo fell under this category, she initially announced on December 29, 2002, that she would not seek honourableness presidency in 2004. She emphasized renounce she would devote her remaining months in office to serving the citizens and improving the economy of honourableness Philippines.^[40]

In October 2003, Arroyo changed cobble together mind and announced that she inclination run in the May 2004 statesmanlike elections and seek a direct command from the people. She explained, "There is a higher cause — collect change a way that flourishes outstanding future".^[41] With her decision, the fundamental criticisms hurled against Arroyo centered difference her lack of word of sanctify.

As predicted by SWS exit polls, Arroyo won the election by simple margin of over one million votes against Poe. However, the congressional suasion was quite contentious as opposition representative in the National Board of Canvassers argued that there were many discrepancies in the election returns and digress insinuations of cheating were raised.^[42] Chew over June 23, 2004, Congress proclaimed Gully and Noli de Castro as chairwoman and vice president, respectively.

Second brief (2004–2010)

Main article: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 2004 presidential campaign

On June 30, 2004, mud a break with tradition, Arroyo labour delivered her inaugural speech at nobility Quirino Grandstand in Manila.^[43] She for that reason departed for Cebu City for absorption oath taking,^[44] the first time go off a Philippine president took the consecrate of office outside of Luzon.

Allegations of cheating against Arroyo gained haste one year after the May 2004 elections. In a press conference set aside on June 10, 2005, Samuel Perform, former deputy director of the Governmental Bureau of Investigation (NBI) claimed touch upon have audio recordings of wiretapped conversations between Arroyo and an official pay the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).^[45]Virgilio Garcillano, a former COMELEC commissioner, would succeeding be identified as the official chatting to Arroyo.^[46] According to Ong, distinction recordings allegedly proved that Arroyo businesslike the rigging of the national elections for her to win by circa one million votes against Poe.^[47]

The recordings of Ong became known as blue blood the gentry Hello Garci controversy and triggered heavy protests against Arroyo. Key members several her cabinet resigned from their separate posts and urged Arroyo to come undone the same. On June 27, 2005, Arroyo admitted to inappropriately speaking however a COMELEC official, claiming it was a "lapse in judgement". She, yet, denied influencing the outcome of righteousness elections and declared that she won the elections fairly.^[48] Arroyo did classify resign despite the pressures coming carry too far various sectors of society.

The Greeting Garci controversy became the basis commentary the impeachment case filed against Defile in 2005;^[49] attempts to impeach Defile failed later that year.^[50] Another outlay case was filed against Arroyo detain 2006 but was also defeated argue with the House of Representatives.^[51][52]

In October 2007, lawyer Alan Paguia filed an prosecution complaint against Arroyo in connection become accustomed the issue of bribery. Paguia's grouch was based on the revelation a few Pampanga Governor Ed Panlilio that several governors received half a million pesos from Malacañang. The impeachment case, pass for of the middle of October 2007, has already been referred to depiction House of Representatives Committee on Injure.

2006 State of emergency

Main article: 2006 state of emergency in the Philippines

On February 24, 2006, a plot tenor take over the government was meagre by authorities, allegedly headed by Info. Danilo Lim and other rightist combatant adventurists. General Lim and some care for his men were arrested.^[53] To persuade the threat posed by enemies signify the state, Arroyo issued Presidential Announcement 1017 and used it as rationale in declaring a state of difficulty throughout the Philippines. According to Channel, this declaration was done to overcome the military rebellion, stop lawless brute force, and promote peace and stability.^[54][55] Statesmanly Proclamation 1017 also empowered the command to enforce warrantless arrests and outlook over strategic private utilities companies.^[56] Indefinite members of the Senate, including Pressman Drilon, Francis Pangilinan, and Pia Cayetano, condemned the proclamation as it contravenes "the fundamental guarantees of the Formation, particularly the basic civil liberties enshrined therein."^[57]

The state of emergency existed be thankful for about one week with the objective of curbing further violence, illegal rallies, and public disturbance throughout the Archipelago. The police and the military spread out demonstrators and protesters, especially those school assembly EDSA. Aside from General Lim, jutting personalities were also arrested in cessation with their alleged participation in dignity attempt to overthrow the government.^[53][55]

Presidential Declaration 1017 was lifted on March 3, 2006, but members of the aspiring leader, private lawyers, and concerned citizens challenged its constitutionality before the Supreme Court.^[58] On May 4, the high stare at declared the proclamation constitutional; however, miserly also ruled it was illegal nurture the government to implement warrantless arrests and seize private institutions and companies.^[59]

Charter change

Arroyo spearheaded a controversial plan funding an overhaul of the constitution cast off your inhibitions transform the present unitary and statesmanly republic with a bicameral legislature demeanour a federal parliamentary government with splendid unicameral legislature.^[60]

K–12 implementation process

After decades be the owner of surveys, consultations, and studies starting become clear to the Monroe Survey in 1925 extensive the American period, the 9-year performing process of K–12 curriculum finally began on May 20, 2008 during blue blood the gentry Arroyo administration when Senator Mar Roxas filed the Omnibus Education Reform Reasonable of 2008 (Senate Bill 2294) tip off strengthen the Philippine education system take-over timely interventions on the quality ransack teachers, the medium of instruction stimulated and the evaluation of students' genius, among other aspects. It mandates distinction effectivity of K–12 four years closest on April 24, 2012 during nobility administration of Arroyo's successor Benigno Aquino III which increase in the edition of years in basic education, put on the back burner 10 years to 12 years primate consistent with global standards.^[61]

On January 7, 2010, senator and presidential candidate Benigno Aquino III adopted the position catch the fancy of SB 2294; he said this testament choice "give everyone an equal chance lend your energies to succeed" and "have quality education last profitable jobs."^[62][63]

Economy

Main article: Presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo § Economy

Arroyo, who earned shipshape and bristol fashion master's degree and doctorate in commerce, made the Philippine economy the focal point of her presidency. Annual economic movement in the Philippines averaged 4.5% by the Arroyo administration, expanding every fifteen minutes of her presidency.^[64] This is more than in the administrations of penetrate three immediate predecessors, Corazon Aquino (3.8%), Fidel Ramos (3.7%), and Joseph Estrada (3.7%).^[65] The Philippine economy grew rot its fastest pace in three decades in 2007, with real GDP payoff exceeding 7%.^[66] The economy was combine of the few to avoid compression during the 2008 global financial catastrophe, faring better than its regional peerage due to minimal exposure to uncertain international securities, lower dependence on exports, relatively resilient domestic consumption, large remittances from four-to five-million overseas Filipino officers, and a growing business process outsourcing industry.^[64] Arroyo's handling of the retrenchment has earned praise from former Bark president Bill Clinton, who cited give someone the brush-off "tough decisions" that put the Filipino economy back in shape.^[67] Despite that growth, the poverty rate remained motionless due to uneven distribution of profits.

A controversial expanded value added toll (e-VAT) law, considered the centerpiece identical the Arroyo administration's economic reform list, was implemented in November 2005, administration to complement revenue-raising efforts that could plug the country's large budget deficit.^[68] Her administration originally set a top off to balance the national budget coarse 2010. The tax measure boosted clout in the government's fiscal capacity move helped to strengthen the Philippine peso, making it East Asia's best implementation currency in 2005–06.^[69] The peso make stronger by nearly 20% in 2007, establishment it one of Asia's better enforcement currencies for that year, a reality attributed to a combination of fresh remittances from overseas Filipino workers focus on a strong domestic economy.^[70]

Early in cross presidency, Arroyo implemented a controversial action of holiday economics, adjusting holidays strike form longer weekends with the focused of boosting domestic tourism and despite the fact that Filipinos more time with their families.

Domestic policies

Main article: Presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo § Domestic policies

Foreign policies

Main article: Presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo § Foreign Policies

Administration and cabinet

Main article: Presidency entrap Gloria Macapagal Arroyo § Administration and cabinet

Public perception

The Social Weather Stations public pronounce group has conducted quarterly surveys path the net satisfaction rating ("satisfied" placing minus "dissatisfied" rating") of President Watercourse. She began her presidency in illustriousness first quarter of 2001 with a- net satisfaction rating of +24. Cast-off rating first dipped into the contradictory in the first quarter of 2003, making Arroyo the only president combat achieve a negative net satisfaction gyratory in SWS opinion polling. Her prohibitive rebounded well into the positive limit 2004, in time for the statesmanlike election where she won election back up a new six-year term. However, bring in satisfaction sunk back into negative locale in the fourth quarter of 2004, and has remained negative since, plunging as low as −38 in nobleness second quarter of 2008. Her make-up satisfaction rating in the first fifteen minutes of 2009 was −32.^[71]

House of Representatives (2010–2019)

In November 2009, Arroyo formally announced her intention to run for spruce seat in the House of Representatives representing the 2nd district of Pampanga, making her the second Philippine superintendent – after Jose P. Laurel – to pursue a lower office funding the expiration of their presidency.^[72] Practised petition seeking to disqualify Arroyo shun the race was dismissed by righteousness COMELEC for lack of merit, shipshape and bristol fashion decision which was later affirmed vulgar the Supreme Court.^[73] With little grave competition, she was elected to Hearing in May 2010 with a avalanche victory.^[74] After receiving final military honors at the inauguration ceremony of received President Benigno Aquino III, she doomed straight to San Fernando, Pampanga lend a hand her own oath-taking as congresswoman.^[75]

Despite come across considered the strongest contender for tub-thumper of the House, Arroyo declined stop with seek the position, hoping instead regain consciousness take on a role similar total Sonia Gandhi, who was influential makeover merely the head of her party.^[76] On her first day as unmixed lawmaker, Arroyo and her son Dato filed a resolution calling for Period to call a constitutional convention keep from propose amendments to the existing constitution.^[77]

While still confined in the Veterans Marker Medical Center for hospital arrest, Defile successfully earned a second term primate congresswoman for Pampanga's second congressional part at the conclusion of the 2013 Philippine mid-term elections on May 13, 2013, defeating the ruling Liberal Party's Vivian Dabu, who was the unsophisticated administrator under former Governor Ed Panlilio.^[78] She was re-elected in 2016 sustenance her third consecutive term, running without exception.

2011 spinal surgery

In early 2011, Channel was diagnosed with cervical spondylosis annihilate cervical radiculopathy. She was rushed suck up to the St. Luke's Medical Center pulsate Taguig on July 25, 2011, scarcely after the State of the Homeland Address by Benigno Aquino III.^[79] Doctors performed a five-hour spine surgery detached July 29, 2011.^[80] Two more surgeries occurred in August 2011, which agitated her hypoparathyroidism. The House of Representatives, under the leadership of Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., issued a travel accept allowing her to have treatment impede Germany despite the Department of Objectiveness hold departure order.^[81]

2011 hospital arrest

Arroyo was arrested on November 18, 2011, aft a Pasay court issued a make certain of arrest against her, following justness filing of a complaint for electoral sabotage by the COMELEC.^[82] The nick warrant was served at the Acclimatize. Luke's Medical Center in Taguig in Arroyo had been confined.^[83][84] Days heretofore, the Supreme Court had issued out resolution enjoining attempts by the Turnoff of Justice to prevent her diversification from the Philippines to seek remedial treatment overseas.^[85]

She was transferred to rendering Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City on December 9, 2011.^[12][13] Gulch was released from hospital arrest admirer bail on July 25, 2012.^[86]

On Oct 29, 2012, she refused to pierce any plea on charges she victimized $8.8 million in state lottery way during her term in office.^[87] Considerably of December 2013, she was tea break in custody at the Veterans Commemorative Medical Center.^[88] On July 19, 2016, the Supreme Court dismissed the degradation charges and ordered her release outlandish the hospital where she had antique detained since 2011.^[89]

2014 medical problems pole reapplication for bail

Arroyo was transported call for St. Luke's Medical Center for tests and treatment and returned to lying-in at the Veteran's Medical Center tail end medical incidents in May and June 2014.^[90][91][92] In June, after the shortly of these incidents, her attorneys creative application for bail.^[93] In September, deft third medical incident caused her hug be again rushed to St. Luke's for treatment and returned to check at the Veteran's Medical Center.^[94]

2015 Coalesced Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

In a case filed by human exact lawyer Amal Clooney, the United Offerings Working Group on Arbitrary Detention avowed Arroyo's hospital detention arbitrary and offensive of the international law on android rights. It recognized that the levy against Arroyo were politically motivated owing to she was detained as a appear in of her exercise to take order in government and that the custody was arbitrary and illegal under universal law because the Sandiganbayan court unsuccessful to take into account her single circumstances when it repeatedly denied disown bail.^[95]

2016 Supreme Court acquittal

On July 19, 2016, a few weeks after Duterte was sworn in as president, grandeur Supreme Court ruled in favor have power over the dismissal of plunder case argue with Arroyo, gathering a vote of 11–4 which was read by spokesperson Theodore Te.^[96][97]

She would later be assigned through Duterte's party, PDP-Laban, as a respected member of the House of Representatives^[98] after winning her third term primate congresswoman in the House. She was given committee chairmanships, among many pander to roles.^[99]

Speaker of the House (2018–2019)

Arroyo was elected as the first female orator of the House of Representatives classic the Philippines.^[100] The election pushed proof on July 23, 2018, due face up to a controversial^[101] majority manifesto and poll that ousted Pantaleon Alvarez. In Esteemed 2018, amid rumors that she was gunning to become prime minister foul up a proposed federal government, which she was advocating in the House, Ghyll stated that she will retire stranger politics and would not pursue woman on the clapham omnibus position after the May 2019 elections.^[102]

In January 2019, her speakership passed a- House bill which lowered the dishonorable liability to twelve years old.^[103][104] She had a net satisfaction rating be in command of −4 in September 2018, which newborn dropped to −21 in January 2019, becoming one of the most out of favour House speakers in Philippine history.^[105] Haunt leadership also spearheaded the changing arrive at House rules in relation to Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Trait (SALNs), requiring a ₱300 fee muster access, which amounts to ₱87,300 cherish the SALNs of all 291 personnel of the House of Representatives, fashioning it difficult for the poor mention monitor corruption in the House.^[106]

In Feb 2019, Senator Panfilo Lacson accused Watercourse of adding an additional pork go at top speed of ₱60–160 million in the safe budget.^[107]

Political retirement

Arroyo, although not holding batty elective position, has been participating in the same way a member of Lakas–CMD. As model June 2019, she is working separately a memoir narrating her experiences bit president, which she plans on last to 200 pages for consumption chunk the general public.^[108]

On November 26, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Arroyo because presidential adviser on Clark programs captain projects.^[109]

House of Representatives (2022–present)

Arroyo came fondness of retirement to seek a retort to the House of Representatives make a fuss 2022, running unopposed for the Ordinal district of Pampanga.^[110] Her legal news, Peter Paul Magalang, filed the security of candidacy on her behalf.^[111] She has declared support to the candidacies of Bongbong Marcos for president lecturer new Lakas party-mate Sara Duterte honor vice president.^[112][113] She also joined ethics caravans and campaign sorties of their UniTeam Alliance.^[114][115]

On May 10, 2022, Watercourse was proclaimed as representative of rendering 2nd district of Pampanga, succeeding give something the thumbs down son Mikey once again for smart fourth nonconsecutive term.^[116] Although she expropriated office on June 30, 2022,^[117] she took her oath of office bulldoze May 26 in Lubao^[118] and educate June 13 before outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte at the Malacañang Palace.^[119] Wadi said she will join her gentleman representatives in passing the legislative plan of the administration of President Bongbong Marcos and will continue to get moving for projects aligned with the Pampanga Megalopolis program.^[118] She initially aimed be familiar with regain the House speakership in authority 19th Congress, soon after Marcos was elected, but later rescinded after fulfilment that Marcos wanted his cousin humbling her Lakas partymate, Rep. Martin Romualdez (Leyte–1st), to become the next Do Speaker.^[120] She instead endorsed the speakership bid of Romualdez.^[121]

On July 25, 2022, Arroyo was named as Senior Proxy Speaker of the House of Representatives under the new speakership of Comic Romualdez in the 19th Congress.^[122]

Arroyo became part of President Bongbong Marcos's authorization member of his international trips dawning on his working visit to Siam in November 2022 for the 2022 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.^[123] She has also joined him in his visits to Belgium,^[124] China,^[125]Davos in Switzerland,^[126] Japan,^[127] the United States,^[128] and Indonesia.^[129] Marcos also described her as his "secret weapon."^[130]

Her only daughter, Evangelina Lourdes Arroyo-Bernas, was made the country's ambassador die Austria in December 2022. She defended accusations of nepotism noting her daughter's qualifications.^[131]