The Philippine Civil War

The Philippine Civil War was a civil war in the Philippines from 2021 to 2025. It was fought primarily between newly-formed Federal Republic of Philippines led by former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Republic of Philippines led by former Vice President Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo, Revolutionary Government of Philippine led by former Davao City mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. Other factions such as Bangsamoro Islamic Government led by Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim, and Peoples' Republic of the Philippines led by Jose Maria Sison joined the fight later on. The civil war began as a result of political infighting greatly intensified by various crises that subdued Philippine economy and people. War broke out on February 2021 after Malacanan Palace bombing that killed President Duterte and his cabinet members.

Prelude to Civil War
After 2016 Presidential Election, Former Davao Cit6 Mayor Rodrigo Duterte took helm of the Philippine presidency supported by vast majority of Filipinos across the country. Leni Robredo also took the Vice Presidency, beating Senator "Bongbong" Marcos by small margin which led to controversy between them. Bongbong Marcos filed a electoral protest against Robredo due to alleged fraudulent electoral practices favoring Robredo.

Amidst this electoral protest, President Duterte with the help of his allied congressional supermajority, adopted several sweeping reforms to improve the state of country. Due to this, Duterte's popularity grew on the first half of his term.

But the dawn of the new decade brought peril throughout the globe. COVID-19 or commonly known as Coronavirus spread throughout the globe from its origin in Wuhan, China. By mid-March 2020, COVID-19 cases in the Philippine grew exponentially, prompting the Philippine Government to place Luzon Island under total lockdown on March 2020. By April 2020, situation throughout the country grew worse, urging the national government to enact country-wide lockdown. Hundreds of Filipinos died due to infection and tens of thousands more were infected. The nationwide lockdown catalysed the worsening economic health of the nation. Fueled by deteriorating global pandemic, the Great Recession of 2020 started after United States and other great powers' economy near-collapsed following economic shutdowns, lockdowns and civil disturbances.

Despite public disapproval, Congress granted President Duterte emergency powers through 2020 National Emergency Powers Act to better coordinate the recovery of the nation.

But just after its initial eruption, Taal Volcano in Batangas reerupted on May 2020. The reeruption was much greater than the January eruption, significantly damaging huge swathes of CALABARZON, Central Luzon and National Capital Regions.

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