Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino

The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (lit.'Fight of Democratic Filipinos') is a centre-right political party in the Philippines.

Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
PresidentBellaflor Angara-Castillo
ChairmanJuan Edgardo M. Angara
Secretary-GeneralArthur Angara
FounderRamon Villarosa Mitra Jr.
Jose "Peping" S. Cojuangco, Jr.
FoundedSeptember 16, 1988
Split fromPartido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan
Headquarters3-B Osmena Bldg., 1991 A. Mabini St., Malate, Manila
IdeologyFiscal conservatism
Conservative liberalism
Big tent
Political positionCenter-right[1]
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
Colors  Blue,   dark blue, and   Yellow
Seats in the Senate
1 / 24
Seats in the House of Representatives
2 / 304
Provincial governorships
0 / 81
Provincial vice governorships
0 / 81
Provincial board members
4 / 1,023

There are no results available for the 2004 election for the House of Representatives, but according to the website of the House, the party held 7 out of 235 seats. The party is divided into two factions. The faction led by Edgardo Angara contested in the 2004 elections as a member party of the Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (Coalition of United Filipinos).

In the May 14, 2007 national elections, the party won 3 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]

History

In the mid-1980s, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN) and Lakas ng Bansa parties became members of the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) coalition that supported the candidacy of Corazon C. Aquino and Salvador H. Laurel for president and vice president, respectively in the February 7, 1986 snap election.[3] By early 1986, PDP had merged with LABAN, founded in 1978 by the late Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., to form the PDP–Laban.[3]

In the 1987 legislative elections, UNIDO, under the name "Lakas ng Bayan", became the dominant party in both houses of Congress, electing Representative Ramon V. Mitra, Jr. of Palawan as Speaker of the House of Representatives. UNIDO would be dissolved soon after.

In September 1988, PDP–Laban was split into two factions: the Pimentel Wing of Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. and the Cojuangco Wing of Jose "Peping" S. Cojuangco, Jr. The Cojuangco Wing and the Lakas ng Bansa party of Speaker Mitra merged on September 16, 1988 to form the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino party, while the Pimentel Wing remained as the PDP–Laban party. In the November 1991 LDP National Convention, the party nominated Speaker Mitra as its nominee for President of the Philippines, while runner-up former National Defense Secretary Fidel V. Ramos bolted the party and formed Partido Lakas ng Tao, and won the presidency in the May 11, 1992 presidential election.

In 1994, LDP formed a major coalition with Lakas—NUCD of President Ramos (dubbed as the "Lakas-Laban Coalition") for the May 1995 midterm legislative elections, winning a majority of all seats in both houses of Congress.

In 1997, the party supported the candidacy of then-Vice President Joseph Estrada for the presidency, coalesced with two other parties to form the Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (lit.'Fight of the Patriotic Filipino Masses').

Recent events

In the 2004 elections, the party was critically divided by two factions between its party president Senator Edgardo Angara, who supported the candidacy of party outsider actor Fernando Poe Jr., and party secretary general Makati representative Agapito Aquino, who supported Senator Panfilo Lacson's candidacy for president.

It was planned that the LDP would form the core of the main opposition coalition, the Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP). However, members of the party disagreed on which person to support for president. Panfilo Lacson, a member of the party, advanced his candidacy for president but was not considered by Edgardo Angara, the president of the party. Angara supported Fernando Poe, Jr. Together with the party's secretary-general Agapito "Butz" Aquino, Lacson gathered the support of some members of the party and went ahead with his candidacy. The LDP was subsequently polarized between those supporting Angara and Poe, and those for Lacson and Aquino.

By then, Poe and Lacson have both filed their certificates of candidacies. According to the rules of candidacy, every presidential candidate must have a political party to back him or her. With the obvious split within the ranks of the LDP, and with no signs that the two factions would come to an agreement, the COMELEC decided to informally split the party into the Aquino and the Angara wings. Lacson then ran under the LDP – Aquino Wing, and Poe under the LDP – Angara Wing, which would later become the KNP.

During the campaign period, there had been numerous unification talks between the two factions. The opposition saw the need to become united under one banner to boost their chances of winning the presidential election against the organized political machinery of Arroyo. The plans of unification did not materialize due to the stubbornness of both Poe and Lacson. Lacson wanted Poe to concede to him and run as his vice-presidential candidate while the supporters of Poe wanted Lacson to back-out from his candidacy and instead support Poe, citing his low performance in the surveys.

Party officials

Current members

Notable members

Electoral performance

President

Election Candidate Number of votes Share of votes Outcome of election
1992 Ramon Mitra, Jr. 3,316,661 14.64% Lost
1998 Supported Joseph Estrada who won[4]
2004 Panfilo Lacson* 3,510,080 10.88% Lost
2010 Supported Manny Villar who lost
2016 Supported Rodrigo Duterte who won[5]
2022 Initially Isko Moreno; later endorsed Leni Robredo, election will be on May 9, 2022

*Butz Aquino wing only; the rest of the party supported Fernando Poe, Jr. who also lost.[6]

Vice president

Election Candidate Number of votes Share of votes Outcome of election
1992 Marcelo Fernan 4,438,494 21.74% Lost
1998 Edgardo Angara 5,652,068 22.11% Lost
2004 Supported Loren Legarda who lost[6]
2010 Co-nominated Loren Legarda who lost[7]
2016 Supported Bongbong Marcos who lost
2022 Supported Sara Duterte

Senate

Election Number of votes Share of votes Seats won Seats after Outcome of election
1992 124,399,291 45.0%
16 / 24
16 / 24
Won
1995* 123,678,255 68.6%
4 / 12
14 / 24
Won
1998 56,058,540 27.3%
4 / 12
5 / 24
Led the majority bloc
2001 51,853,133 21.3%
2 / 13
6 / 24
Joined the minority bloc
2004 13,253,692 5.2%
1 / 12
2 / 24
Joined the minority bloc
2007 12,657,538 4.7%
1 / 12
2 / 24
Split into majority and minority blocs
2010 Did not participate
1 / 24
Joined the majority bloc
2013 15,858,995 5.4%
1 / 12
1 / 24
Joined the majority bloc
2016 Did not participate
1 / 24
Joined the majority bloc
2019 18,161,862 5.0%
1 / 12
1 / 24
Joined the majority bloc

*in coalition with Lakas-NUCD-UMDP
**part of the LAMMP coalition

House of Representatives

Election Number of votes for LDP Share of votes Seats Outcome of election
1992* 6,286,922 33.7%
86 / 214
Joined the majority bloc
1995* 2,079,611 10.8%
17 / 220
Joined the majority bloc
1998* Participated under LAMMP that led the majority bloc.
2001
21 / 256
Led the minority bloc
2004
15 / 261
Led the minority bloc
2007
5 / 271
Joined the minority bloc
2010 162,434 0.47%
2 / 286
Joined the majority bloc
2013 90,070 0.33%
2 / 293
Split into majority and minority blocs
2016 111,086 0.30%
2 / 297
Joined the majority bloc
2019 252,806 0.63%
2 / 304
Split into majority and independent minority blocs

*does not include candidates who ran as under a LDP ticket along with another party.

References

  1. Derbyshire, ed. (2016). Encyclopedia of World Political Systems. Routledge. p. 751. ISBN 9781317471561. ... was formed in 1997 through the merger of the center-right Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP: Democratic Filipino Struggle Party), the rightwing Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) and the Partido ng Masang Pilipino (PMP). ...
  2. See 2007 Philippine general election.
  3. Dayley, Robert (2016). Southeast Asia In The New International Era. ISBN 9780813350110. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  4. Danao, Efren. "Laban to play lead in 2004 — Angara". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  5. "LDP endorses Rodrigo Duterte – Angara". RAPPLER. May 3, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  6. Calica, Aurea. "Angara: LDP to be kingmaker in 2010". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  7. Danao, Efren L. (April 24, 2010). "Why should blackprop target Angara?". The Manila Times. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
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