the accomplishment of joseph estrada
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The accomplishment of Joseph Estrada includes: the organization of the
PAOCTF(Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force) and the redirection of Land
Bank funds to small and medium scale enterprises. Joseph Estrada's full name is Joseph
Ejercito Estrada. He came after the Ramos Administration.
What are those achievement of Joseph
Estrada?In:History, Politics & Society[Edit categories]
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"One hundred years after Kawit, fifty years after independence, twelve years after EDSA, and seven years after
the rejection of foreign bases, it is now the turn of the masses to experience liberation. We stand in the shadow
of those who fought to make us free- free from foreign domination, free from domestic tyranny, free fromsuperpower dictation, free from economic backwardness. "
- Joseph Ejercito Estrada
Economy
The Estrada administration is said to have a strong economic team, however the latter's administration failed to
capitalize on the gains of the previous administration. Economic performance was hurt by the Asian Financial
Crisis and climatic disturbance that caused extremes of dry and wet weather. Toward the end of Estrada's
administration, the fiscal deficit had doubled to more than P100 billion from a low of P49 billion in 1998.
Despite such setbacks, the rate of GNP in 1999 increased to 3.6 percent from 0.1 percent in 1998, and the GDPposted a 4.0 percent growth rate, up from a low of -0.5 percent in 1998. Debt reached P2.1 trillion in 1999. The
inflation rate came down from 11 percent in January 1999 to just a little over 3 percent by November of the
same year. This was in part due to the agricultural program Agrikulturang Maka Masa, through which it
achieved an output growth of 6 percent, a record high at the time.
Anti- Crime Task Force
In 1998, by virtue of Executive Order No.8, President Estrada created the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime
Task Force (PAOCTF) with the objective of minimizing, if not totally eradicating, car theft and worsening
kidnapping cases in the country. With the help of this task force, the Philippine National Police for the first
time in history achieved a record-high trust rating of +53 percent.[18]. Panfilo Lacson was its first head. He also
created the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (PCTC) in 1999, with the objective of formulating and
implementing a concerted of action of all law enforcement, intelligence and other government agencies for the
prevention and control of transnational crime.
Erap Para sa Mahirap
ERAP (Education, Research and Assistance Program) Foundation, Inc.
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The ERAP (Education, Research and Assistance Program) Foundation, Inc. is a non-stock, non-profit
corporation registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 1998. It embodies the
mission and objectives of the foundation, to wit:
To initiate, provide and establish education, research and other forms of assistance programs and services
to poor but deserving citizens of our country, and
To foster mutual assistance and self-reliance by promoting livelihood and self-help programs
MISSION STATEMENTThe ERAP Foundation seeks to:
Initiate, establish and provide education, research and other forms of assistance programs and services to
economically and socially disadvantaged young Filipinos;
Conduct medical missions, render health care services; and
Promote livelihood and self-help programs
PROGRAMS
Scholarship program for the poor and less privileged, but deserving Filipino students all over the country
Mutual assistance and self-help programs as well as other forms of assistance
Programs of cooperation with private, government and other institutions
Pro-Poor Programs
Speaking before millions gathered at his inaugural address in Manila, the newly-elected chief executive
said his presidency would serve the Filipino masses whose welfare had long been neglected. A line from
his speech, "Walang kaibigan, walang kumpare, walang kamag-anak," was a stern warning against
anyone who would attempt to undermine his administration with influence-peddling.
Determined to bring his pro-poor platform to every facet of the government's operations, he
immediately ordered the removal of all sovereign guarantees on contracts for public projects which
would require the sovereign Filipino people to assume the financial losses of private companies doing
business with the government. Records will show that until January 20, 2001, he did not sign a single
government contract with a sovereign guarantee.
Committed to cleaning the bureaucracy of undesirable elements, he ordered the immediate relief of
corrupt officials in the military and police hierarchy. He ordered a wide-ranging investigation of all
government contracts entered into by the previous administration to ensure these were above-board and
directly advantageous to the citizenry.
He ordered the investigation of suspected big-time tax evaders even if some of these individuals had
contributed to his presidential campaign.
His pro-poor program of government bore fruit in less than two years, with a significant improvement
in the country's peace and order situation. This likewise elicited a proportionate rise in the approval
rating of the Philippine National Police.
The Estrada administration undertook an aggressive housing program on a national basis, targeting
low-cost homes for the poor.
Agriculture received greater priority, while the national government likewise took steps to bring down
the cost of medicine.
Foreign investments grew exponentially, benefiting greatly from the unsullied and esteemed reputation
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of the best and the brightest chosen to be part of his Cabinet, and even more from his reputation as a
strongly nationalistic yet progressive president.