Nationalist People's Coalition
Koalisyong Makabayan ng Bayan |
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Leader | Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. |
President | Giorgidi B. Aggabao |
Chairman | Faustino Dy Jr. |
Spokesperson | Mark Enverga |
Secretary-General | Mark Mendoza |
Founded | 1992 |
Split from | Nacionalista Party |
Headquarters | New Manila, Quezon City |
Newspaper | NPC Herald |
Youth wing | NPC Youth |
Ideology | Conservatism |
Political position | Centre-right |
National affiliation |
LAMMP (1998) PPC (2001) K4 (2004) TEAM Unity (2007) Team PNoy (2013) Partido Galing at Puso (2016) Coalition For Change (2016 -) |
Colors | Green |
Seats in the Senate |
3 / 24
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Seats in the House of Representatives |
38 / 292
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Provincial governorships |
9 / 81
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Provincial vice governorships |
14 / 80
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Provincial board members |
112 / 1,006
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Website | |
www.npcparty.org | |
The Nationalist People's Coalition or NPC is a conservative political party in the Philippines, founded in 1992 by then presidential candidate Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr.
The Party was founded in 1992 after some members of the Nacionalista Party led by then Rizal Governor Isidro Rodriguez bolted from the Nacionalista Party after some disagreements with Nacionalista party leader then Vice President Salvador Laurel in preparation for the 1992 presidential elections. Members of the civil society including the business sector who called themselves as "Friends of Danding" invited business tycoon Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco, a former associate of longterm authoritarian president Ferdinand Marcos, to run as President and Senator Joseph Estrada as Vice President. Cojuangco lost the presidential race, finishing third while Estrada taking away the Vice Presidency by landslide.
NPC was a member of the Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP), the political vehicle of then Vice President Joseph Estrada in the 1998 presidential elections.
NPC left the now-defunct LAMMP after Estrada was removed from power in January 2001. When Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assumed the Presidency, her People Power Coalition, led by the Lakas-CMD party, became the dominant group in Congress. The 75-member Lakas party led the "Sunshine Coalition," which also included the 61-member Nationalist People’s Coalition, some members of the Liberal Party, and several other minor parties. The LDP party led the 20-member opposition bloc.