Lakas ng Bansa
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Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
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| Leader | Edgardo Angara |
| President | Miguel Romero |
| Chairman | Edgardo Angara |
| Secretary-General | Juan Edgardo Angara |
| Founded | September 16, 1988 |
| Split from | PDP-Laban |
| Headquarters | 3-B Osmena Bldg., 1991 A. Mabini St., Malate, Manila |
| Ideology | Fiscal conservatism Liberal conservatism Big tent |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| Colors | Blue and Yellow |
| Seats in the Senate |
1 / 24
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| Seats in the House of Representatives |
1 / 292
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| Provincial governorships |
0 / 81
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| Provincial vice governorships |
2 / 81
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| Provincial board members |
5 / 1,006
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| Website | |
| www.edangara.com | |
The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (lit. Fight of Democratic Filipinos) is a political party in the Philippines founded on September 16, 1988.
There are no results available of the last elections for the House of Representatives, but according to the website of the House, the party holds 7 out of 235 seats (state of the parties, June 2005). The party is divided into two factions. The faction led by Edgardo Angara was at the 2004 elections member of the Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (Coalition of United Filipinos).
In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won 3 seats.
In the mid-1980s, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP, founded 1982), Lakas ng Bayan and the Lakas ng Bansa parties became members of the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO) coalition that supported the candidacy of Corazon Aquino and Salvador Laurel as President and Vice President respectively in the 1986 Snap Elections. By 1986, the PDP had merged with the Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN, founded 1978) party of the late Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., to form PDP-Laban.
In the 1987 Legislative elections, UNIDO, under the name "Lakas ng Bayan" became the dominant party in both houses of Congress, electing Representative Ramon Mitra, Jr. of Palawan as Speaker of the House of Representatives. UNIDO would be dissolved soon after. On September 16, 1988, PDP-Laban was split into two factions: the Pimentel Wing of Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. and the Cojuangco Wing of Jose "Peping" Cojuangco, Jr.. The Cojuangco Wing and the Lakas ng Bansa party of Speaker Mitra merged in 1988 to form the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino. In the 1991 LDP National Convention, the party nominated Speaker Mitra as its nominee as President of the Philippines, while runner-up former Defense Secretary Fidel V. Ramos bolted the party and forms Partido Lakas ng Tao and wins the presidency in the 1992 National Elections.
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