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Liberal Party
Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas
President Francis Pangilinan
Chairman Leni Robredo
Secretary-General Jose Christopher "Kit" Belmonte
Founder Manuel Roxas
Founded January 19, 1946; 72 years ago (1946-01-19)
Split from
Nacionalista Party (opposition)
Headquarters Expo Centro, Araneta Center, EDSA Cubao, Quezon City
Youth wing Liberal Youth (LY)
Ideology Liberalism[1][2]
Social liberalism[3]
Populism[2][4][5]
Political position
Centre[6] to center-left[1][7]
National affiliation
Coalition for Change (House factions)[8]
International affiliation
Liberal International,
Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
Colors
               Yellow, Red, and Blue
Slogan Ituloy ang Daang Matuwid
Seats in the Senate

6 / 24
Seats in the House of Representatives

46 / 297
Provincial governorships

39 / 81
Provincial vice governorships

38 / 81
Provincial board members

300 / 1,006
Website
www.liberal.ph

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The Liberal Party of the Philippines (Filipino: Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas) is a liberal[9]political party in the Philippines, founded by then senators Senate President Manuel Roxas, Senate President Pro-Tempore Elpidio Quirino, and former 9th Senatorial District Senator José Avelino, on January 19, 1946 by a breakaway Liberal wing from the old Nacionalista Party. It was the ruling party from 2010 to 2016 after the election victory of Benigno Aquino III as the President of the Philippines. Today, the Liberals are the opposition and maintain at least six seats in the Senate, and at least 27 of seats in the House of Representatives. Around 50% of governors, 50% of vice governors, and 33% of board members are also Liberals.


The Liberal Party is the second oldest extant political party in the Philippines in terms of date of establishment, and the oldest continually-active political party in the Philippines. The party has been led by respected liberal thinkers and pro-development politicians like Manuel Roxas, Elpidio Quirino, Diosdado Macapagal, Gerry Roxas, Benigno Aquino, Jr., Jovito Salonga, Raul Daza, Florencio B. Abad Jr., Franklin Drilon, Mar Roxas, and Benigno Aquino III. Two of its members, Corazon Aquino and Leila de Lima, have received the prestigious Prize for Freedom, the highest international award for liberal and democratic politicians since 1985.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 1946-1972: Third republic


    • 1.2 1972-1986: Martial law era


    • 1.3 1986-2010: Post-EDSA


    • 1.4 2010-2016: The Benigno Aquino III administration


    • 1.5 2016-present




  • 2 Ideology


  • 3 Current party officials


  • 4 Presidents


  • 5 Electoral performance


    • 5.1 President


    • 5.2 Vice president


    • 5.3 Senate


    • 5.4 House of Representatives




  • 6 Notable members


    • 6.1 Philippine presidents


    • 6.2 Others




  • 7 Coalition


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





History




Liberal Party logo during the term of President Noynoy Aquino, 2010-2016



1946-1972: Third republic


The Liberal Party was founded on January 19, 1946 by Manuel Roxas,[10][1] the first President of the Third Philippine Republic.[10] It was formed by Roxas from what was once the "Liberal Wing" of the old Nacionalista Party.[10] Two more Presidents of the Philippines elected into office came from the LP: Elpidio Quirino and the redoubtable Diosdado Macapagal.[11][12] Two other presidents came from the ranks of the LP, as former members of the party who later chose to follow a different path by joining the Nacionalistas: Ramon Magsaysay and Ferdinand Marcos.[13]



1972-1986: Martial law era


During the days leading to his declaration of martial law, Marcos would find his old party as a potent roadblock to his quest for one-man rule. Led by Ninoy Aquino, Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, the LP would time and again hound President Marcos on issues like human rights and the curtailment of freedoms. Not even Marcos' declaration of martial law silenced the LP, and the party continued to fight the dictatorship despite the costs. Many of its leaders and members would be prosecuted and even killed during this time.[1][10]



1986-2010: Post-EDSA


In recent times, the LP was instrumental in ending more than half a century of US military presence in the Philippines with its campaign in the Philippine Senate of 1991 to reject a new RP-US Bases Treaty. This ironically cost the party dearly, losing for it the elections of 1992. Despite the loss, in 2000 it again showed its mettle by standing against the corruption of the Joseph Estrada government, actively supporting the Resign-Impeach-Oust initiatives that led to People Power II.[1][10]


In 2006, the Philippines' ruling political party, Lakas-CMD, with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo serving as its supremo, was influential in "hijacking" the Liberal Party by way of overthrowing the party presidency of Sen. Franklin Drilon at a rump party meeting at the Manila Hotel. With the marching orders and blessing of Lakas, LP members sympathetic to the Arroyo government used the meeting on March 2 to install Manila Mayor Lito Atienza as the party president, thus triggering an LP leadership struggle and party schism. Days later, the Supreme Court proclaimed Drilon the true president of the party, leaving the Atienza wing expelled.[1][10]



2010-2016: The Benigno Aquino III administration


The Liberal Party regained new influence in 2010 when it nominated as its next presidential candidate then-Senator Benigno Aquino III,[10] the son of former President Corazon Aquino, after the latter's death that subsequently showed a massive outpouring of sympathy for the Aquino family. Even though the party had earlier nominated Sen. Manuel "Mar" Roxas II to be its presidential candidate for the 2010 Philippine general election, Roxas chose to give way to Aquino and ran for vice president instead. During the fierce campaign battle that followed, the party was able to field new members breaking away from the then-ruling party Lakas Kampi CMD to become the largest minority party in Congress.[1][10][7]



2016-present


In 2016 presidential elections, Liberal Party nominated Mar Roxas, former DOTC and DILG secretary and Leni Robredo, a Representative from Naga City and widow of former DILG secretary Jessie Robredo. The latter won and the former lost. Most of their members either switched allegiance to PDP-Laban, joined a supermajority alliance but retained LP membership (with some defected later),[14][15][16] joined minority, or created an opposition bloc called "Magnificent 7".



Ideology


Presently, the self-described values of the party are "freedom, justice and solidarity (bayanihan)."[17]


The party's ideology during its early years was noted by some political observers to be similar to or intelligible from the Nacionalista Party,[18] until the term of Ferdinand Marcos, where it became more liberal.[19]



Current party officials




  • Chairman Emeritus: Former President Benigno Aquino III (2016–present)


  • Chairperson: Vice-President Maria Leonor G. Robredo (2016–present)[20]


  • Vice Chair: Senator Franklin Drilon (2017–present)[20]


  • President: Senator Francis Pangilinan (2016–present)[21]


  • Vice President for Internal Affairs: Representative Teddy Baguilat (Lone District of Ifugao) (2017–present)[22]


  • Vice President for External Affairs: Former Representative Lorenzo Tañada III (Quezon) (2017–present)[22]


  • Secretary-General: Representative Jose Christopher "Kit" Belmonte (Quezon City) (2016–present)


  • Treasurer: Representative Josephine Ramirez-Sato (Occidental Mindoro) (2017–present)[20]



Presidents































































Term in Office
 Name
January 19, 1946 – April 15, 1948
Manuel Roxas[10]
January 19, 1946 – May 8, 1949
José Avelino
April 17, 1948 – December 30, 1950
Elpidio Quirino
December 30, 1950 – December 30, 1957
Eugenio Pérez
December 30, 1957 – December 30, 1961
Diosdado Macapagal
December 30, 1961 – December 30, 1965
Diosdado Macapagal
May 1964 – May 10, 1969
Cornelio T. Villareal
May 10, 1969 – April 19, 1982
Gerardo Roxas
April 20, 1982 – June 1, 1993
Jovito Salonga
June 2, 1993 – October 17, 1994
Wigberto Tañada
October 18, 1994 – September 19, 1999
Raul A. Daza
September 20, 1999 – August 9, 2004
Florencio Abad
October 1, 2012 – 2016
Joseph Emilio Abaya
2016 – present
Francis Pangilinan


Electoral performance



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Election
 Candidate
 Number of votes
 Share of votes
 Outcome of election

1946
Manuel Roxas
 1,333,392
 54.94%
Won

1949
Elpidio Quirino (Quirino wing)
 1,803,808
 50.93%
Won

1949
José Avelino (Avelino wing)
 419,890
 11.85%
Lost

1953
Elpidio Quirino
 1,313,991
 31.08%
Lost

1957
José Yulo
 1,386,829
 27.62%
Lost

1961
Diosdado Macapagal
 3,554,840
 55.00%
Won

1965
Diosdado Macapagal
 3,187,752
 42.88%
Lost

1969
Sergio Osmeña, Jr.
 3,143,122
 38.51%
Lost

1981
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
Boycotted

1986
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 Supported Corazon Aquino who became president

1992
Jovito Salonga
 2,302,123
 10.16%
Lost

1998
Alfredo Lim
 2,344,362
 8.71%
Lost

2004
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 Supported Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who won

2010
Benigno Aquino III
 15,208,678
 42.08%
Won

2016
Mar Roxas
 9,978,175
 23.45%
Lost


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Election
 Candidate
 Number of votes
 Share of votes
 Outcome of election

1946
Elpidio Quirino
 1,161,725
 52.36%
Won

1949
Fernando Lopez (Quirino wing)
 1,341,284
 52.19%
Won

1949
 Vicente J. Francisco (Avelino wing)
 44,510
 1.73%
Lost

1953
José Yulo
 1,483,802
 37.10%
Lost

1957
Diosdado Macapagal
 2,189,197
 46.55%
Won

1961
Emmanuel Pelaez
 2,394,400
 37.57%
Won

1965
Gerardo Roxas
 3,504,826
 48.12%
Lost

1969
Genaro Magsaysay
 2,968,526
 37.54%
Lost

1986
Eva Estrada-Kalaw (Kalaw wing)
 662,185
 3.31%
Lost; main wing supported Salvador Laurel who became vice president

1992
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 Supported Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. who lost

1998
Sergio Osmeña III
 2,351,462
 9.20%
Lost

2004
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 Supported Noli de Castro who won

2010
Mar Roxas
 13,918,490
 39.58%
Lost

2016
Leni Robredo
 14,418,817
 35.11%
Won


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Election
 Number of votes
 Share of votes
 Seats won
 Seats after
 Outcome of election

1946
 8,626,965
 47.7%

8 / 16

9 / 24
Coalition

1947
 12,241,929
 54.5%

7 / 8

15 / 24
Won

1949
 12,782,449
 52.5%

7 / 8

18 / 24
Won

1951
 8,764,190
 39.9%

0 / 9

12 / 24
Won

1953
 8,861,244
 36.0%

0 / 8

7 / 24
Lost

1955
 7,395,988
 28.9%

0 / 9

0 / 24
Lost

1957
 8,934,218
 31.8%

2 / 8

2 / 24
Lost

1959
 10,850,799
 31.7%

2 / 8

4 / 24
Lost

1961
 14,988,931
 37.9%

4 / 8

8 / 24
Lost

1963
 22,794,310
 49.8%

4 / 8

10 / 24
Won

1965
 23,158,197
 46.9%

2 / 8

10 / 24
Lost

1967
 18,127,926
 37.1%

1 / 8

7 / 24
Lost

1969
 21,060,474
 39.1%

2 / 8

5 / 24
Lost

1971
 33,469,677
 57.4%

5 / 8

8 / 24
Lost

1987
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
Won under the LABAN coalition

1992*
 19,158,013
 6.9%

1 / 24

1 / 24
Lost

1995
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
Did not participate

1998
 5,429,123
 2.6%

0 / 12

0 / 24
Lost

2001
 19,131,732
 7.9%

1 / 13

1 / 24


 Independent-led coalition

2004
 30,008,158
 12.0%

2 / 12

4 / 24


 Liberal Party-led coalition

2007
 28,843,415
 10.7%

2 / 12

4 / 24
Nacionalista Party-led coalition

2010
 78,227,817
 26.34%

3 / 12

4 / 24
PMP-led coalition

2013
 33,369,204
 11.32%

1 / 12

4 / 24


 Liberal Party-led coalition

2016
 100,512,795
 31.30%

5 / 12

6 / 24
Split; PDP-Laban-led coalition, lost[23]

*in coalition with PDP-Laban



House of Representatives















































































































































Election
 Number of votes
 Share of votes
 Seats
 Outcome of election

1946
 1,129,971
 47.06%

49 / 98
Won

1949
 1,834,173
 53.00%

66 / 100
Won

1953
 1,624,571
 39.81%

59 / 102
Won

1957
 1,453,527
 30.16%

19 / 102
Lost

1961
 2,167,641
 33.71%

29 / 104
Lost

1965
 3,721,460
 51.32%

61 / 104
Won

1969
 2,641,786
 41.76%

18 / 110
Lost

1978
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
Boycotted; most members ran under the LABAN that lost

1984
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
Boycotted; most members ran under the LABAN that lost

1987*
 2,101,575
 10.5%

16 / 200


 Lakas ng Bansa-led coalition

1992**
 1,644,568
 8.8%

11 / 199
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP-led coalition

1995*
 358,245
 1.9%

5 / 204
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP-led coalition

1998*
 1,773,124
 7.3%

15 / 221
Lost

2001



19 / 219
Lakas-NUCD-UMDP-led coalition

2004



29 / 237
Lakas-CMD-led coalition

2007



23 / 271
Lakas-CMD-led coalition

2010
 6,802,227
 19.93%

47 / 287


 Liberal Party-led coalition

2013
 10,557,265
 38.27%

111 / 292


 Liberal Party-led coalition

2016
 15,552,401
 41.72%

115 / 297
Split; PDP-Laban-led coalition, lost

*does not include candidates who ran as under a Liberal Party ticket along with another party.
**in coalition with PDP-Laban



Notable members



Philippine presidents




  • Manuel Roxas (5th President of the Philippines; one of the co-founders)


  • Elpidio Quirino (6th President of the Philippines)


  • Diosdado Macapagal (9th President of the Philippines)


  • Ferdinand Marcos (10th President of the Philippines) - Marcos won in 1965 as the candidate of the Liberal Party's rival Nacionalista Party, the party to where Marcos defected after failing to get the LP nomination


  • Benigno Aquino III (15th President of the Philippines)



Others




  • Gerardo Roxas, Sr. (Senator; Liberal Party leader during the Marcos dictatorship)


  • Macario Peralta, Jr. (World War II Hero, Philippine Army General, Senator of the Philippines, Secretary of National Defense)


  • Cesar Climaco (Mayor of Zamboanga City, vocal critic and opponent of Martial Law)


  • Benigno Aquino, Jr. (Senator of the Philippines)


  • Eva Estrada-Kalaw (Senator of the Philippines)


  • Eddie Ilarde (Senator of the Philippines)


  • Ramon Mitra, Jr. (16th Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives)


  • Narciso Ramos (Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs; one of the co-founders)


  • Ramon Bagatsing (longest-serving Mayor of Manila, Plaza Miranda bombing survivor)


  • Emmanuel Pelaez (Vice-President of the Philippines, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs; Philippine Ambassador to the United States of America, Senator of the Philippines)


  • Rashid Lucman (Congressman of Lanao del Sur, Exposed the Jabidah massacre and other Marcos abuses in Congress)


  • Jovito Salonga (former Senate President of the Philippines, survived the Plaza Miranda bombing)


  • Manuel Roxas II (former Interior and Local Government Secretary and Transportation Secretary)


  • Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (former Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives)


  • Jesse Robredo (former Mayor of Naga City & former Interior and Local Government Secretary)


  • Leni Robredo (14th Vice President of the Philippines, Former Representative of Camarines Sur, Wife of former DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo & Party Chairman in Naga City)[24]


  • Herbert Bautista (Incumbent Mayor of Quezon City)


  • Alfredo Lim (former Senator & Mayor of Manila)


  • Rafael Nantes (Former Governor of Quezon Province & Former Treasurer of the Liberal Party)


  • Evelyn Fuentebella (Mayor of Sagñay,Camarines Sur & Member of the Liberal Party)


  • Cornelio Villareal (Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Congressman of the 2nd District of Capiz)

  • Sergio H. Loyola - Congressman of the 3rd District of Manila.



Coalition




  • Akbayan Citizens' Action Party – Party-list[23]


  • Kapayapaan, Kaunlaran at Katarungan – Manila


  • Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig – Taguig City


  • Uswag Tagum – Davao del Norte


  • Ugyon – Iloilo



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