Gloria Macapagal Arroyo - Gloria Arroyo's efforts to tackle corruption and to focus on economic reform have been undermined by a string of scandals. The president won a second six-year term in June 2004, defeating her main rival, the film star Fernando Poe Junior. But a year later her popularity rating had fallen to a record low amid opposition claims that she cheated in the 2004 elections. Opponents also levelled corruption allegations against her husband and other family members.