Oakwood Mutiny                                                                      

On July 27, 2003, she faced another apparent rebellion when more than three hundred renegade junior officers and soldiers (whom the media dubbed as "Magdalos" after the red armbands they were wearing) mutinied and seized a hotel and shopping mall in the business district of Makati City. They surrendered after a 22-hour standoff upon reaching terms for their peaceful surrender. During the negotiations, Magdalo leaders Navy Lieutenant Senior Grade Antonio Trillanes IV and Marine Captain Gary Alejano highlighted the need for reform in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Six of the mutiny leaders, including Trillanes and Alejano, even volunteered to face court martial proceedings but their subordinates be allowed to go "back to barracks". Upon the crisis' conclusion, the terms agreed upon during the negotiations were largely ignored by the government. Arroyo's aides played up the part that this mutiny was connected to Estrada and his supporters. A former aide of Estrada has been arrested in connection with the uprising. The President formed the Feliciano Commission to investigate the mutiny. The commission later found that the rebellions, dubbed the Oakwood Mutiny (named after the hotel seized by the rebels), was planned and not spontaneous. It was clearly an attempt to bring down the Arroyo Government. The connection to Estrada, however, was never fully proven.