Political Parties 
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Ang Kapatiran
FOUNDED by anti-gun advocate Reynaldo “Nandy” Pacheco and accredited by the Commission on Elections as a political party in 2004, Ang Kapatiran or Alliance for the Common Good tested the political waters by fielding by three senatorial candidates and two dozen local candidates in the 2007 elections. Only one of them won: John “JC” de »Read More
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Lakas-Kampi
LAKAS-Kampi is a merger of two parties which were founded as vehicle for the presidential bids of two politicians who failed to get their original party’s nomination. In late 1991, when then Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos lost out to then Speaker Ramon Mitra as standard bearer of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) for the »Read More
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Liberal Party
THE story of the Liberal Party (LP) is the story of traditional party politics in the Philippines. Founded on Jan. 19, 1946 by Manuel Roxas, the LP was the “Liberal wing” of the Nacionalista Party before it broke away from the older party. Roxas went on to become president of the republic and his story, »Read More
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Nacionalista Party
ON April 29, the Nacionalista Party (NP) will celebrate its 103rd founding anniversary with its bid to regain supremacy in Philippine politics: It hopes its standard bearer and party president Manuel Villar would make it to the presidency on May 10. The oldest political party has so far produced six presidents: Manuel Quezon, Sergio Osmeña, »Read More
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Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino
PWERSA ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) is a political party built around the persona of former president Joseph “Erap” Estrada. As such, it reflects the highs and lows of its founder’s political life. Originally Partido ng Masang Pilipino, PMP was accredited as a political party in 1991 when Estrada was senator and considered among the contenders »Read More
