Philippines, 2006 — military coup conspiracy
Event Summary
This entry is coded 24 February 2006, corresponding to the alleged February 2006 coup attempt against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines, which prompted her to declare a nationwide state of emergency under Proclamation 1017. On 24 February 2006, the 20th anniversary of the People Power revolution, the government said it had foiled a plot involving the withdrawal of military support: Armed Forces chief General Generoso Senga disclosed that Brigadier General Danilo Lim of the elite 1st Scout Ranger regiment and Marine Colonel Ariel Querubin planned to announce their withdrawal of support from Arroyo at an anniversary rally. The alleged plot was tied to an emerging alliance between the Magdalo military rebels of the 2003 Oakwood mutiny and the communist CPP-NPA under a plan codenamed Oplan Hackle.
Fourteen junior officers had been arrested from 22 February, and Lim was detained. Arroyo issued Proclamation 1017 at about 11:25 a.m.
, cancelling rally permits, allowing warrantless arrests, and ordering the military to suppress rebellion, and lifted it on 3 March. The 24 February 2006 coding matches this exactly.
Researched Details
Researched
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
84002242006
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Arroyo declared a state of emergency, detained the alleged plotters, and stayed in power.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
CSP
Edmonton Journal
Times - Colonist
International Herald Tribune
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →