Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 2004 presidential campaign

The 2004 presidential campaign of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was formally announced on October 4, 2003, at her home province in Clark, Pampanga.

On December 30, 2002, speech, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo surprised the audience and the whole nation of no intention of contesting a presidential campaign.

She said that withdrawing from the race would relieve her of the burden of politics and allow her administration to devote the last year and half to strengthening the economy healing the deep divisions within Philippine society, and working for clean and honest elections in 2004.

[14] The issue between Lacson and Poe that splits opposition made the Iglesia Ni Cristo, El Shaddai and the Jesus Miracle Crusade endorse Arroyo.

[23][24] On January 25, 2008, a Pulse Asia survey (commissioned by the Genuine Opposition (GO) per former Senator Sergio Osmeña III) stated that 58% percent of Filipinos in Mindanao believed that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo cheated in the 2004 Philippine general election.

Arroyo, taking her oath of office for a full-term as president in Cebu City . In front of her is Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. The result of the election was a loss for Poe.