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The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (lit. Philippine Democratic Party–Power of the Nation), more commonly known as PDP–Laban, is the ruling political party in the Philippines.
The party now known as PDP–Laban is the result of a merger between the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino and Lakas ng Bayan.
Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP) was founded on February 6, 1982 in Cebu City by Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr. and a group of protesters against the authoritarian government of Ferdinand Marcos, the 10th President of the Philippines, and the then-ruling Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL).
Leadership crisis
On July 23, 2018, the same day as Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address, an internal leadership dispute within the House of Representatives’ majority resulted in former President and current Pampanga representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo becoming Speaker of the lower house, replacing Pantaleon Alvarez. The resolution was adopted that same night with 184 out of 12 representatives voting in favor.Arroyo was previously a member of Lakas-CMD, before switching to PDP–Laban in 2017.
Some representatives, including Deputy Speaker Rolando Andaya (Camarines Sur), are eyeing to shift towards other political parties after Arroyo’s ascendance to the House’s leadership.[29] Andaya also said that some lawmakers might join Lakas-CMD, Arroyo’s former party, and merge with Sara Duterte-Carpio’s Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP).Duterte-Carpio denied rumors that members of PDP–Laban were seeking to move into HNP, which is a regional party based in Davao Region.
Succeeding these events, a faction sought to unseat PDP–Laban’s high-ranking officials.Willy Talag, president of the party’s Makati City council and chair of the membership committee of the NCR Chapter, said during an assembly of the party on July 27 that PDP–Laban’s current leaders have committed violations, including holding mass oath taking of members “without proper basic seminar” and swearing in officials that are “involved in illegal drugs.” The faction elected Rogelio Garcia and Talag as party president and chairman, respectively, removing Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez from their respective positions.Koko Pimentel dismissed the election of new leaders, disowning the group and assembly,and called the event an “unofficial, unauthorized, rogue assembly using the name of PDP-Laban”.Sen. Pimentel, who has personally dismissed the election, together with PDP–Laban vice chairman and Department of Energy Sec. Alfonso Cusi, and Rep. Alvarez have notified members that the supposed national assembly was not officially sanctioned by the party. Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said in an interview with CNN Philippines that Duterte is set to meet the two factions, in an effort to unite the party.
Ideology and platform
According to self-published material, PDP-LABAN seeks a peaceful and democratic way of life characterized by “freedom, solidarity, justice, equity, social responsibility, self-reliance, efficiency and enlightened nationalism”.Its five principles are: theism, authentic humanism, enlightened nationalism, democratic socialism, and consultative and participatory democracy.
The party advocates a transition to a federal,semi-presidential parliamentary form of government from the current unitary presidential system,through revision of the present 1987 Constitution of the Philippines.