Liberal Party (Philippines)

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Liberal Party
Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas
President Mar Roxas
Chairman Benigno Aquino III
Secretary-General Mel Senen Sarmiento
Slogan Sa daang matuwid, asensong walang patid. (At the straight path, progress continues.)
Founded January 19, 1946 (1946-01-19)
Split from Nacionalista Party
Headquarters Expo Centro, Araneta Center, EDSA Cubao, Quezon City,
Youth wing Liberal Party Youth Network
Kabataang Liberal ng Pilipinas
Filipino Liberal Youth
Ideology Liberalism, Social liberalism
Political position Center
International affiliation Liberal International
Alliance of Democrats, Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
Colors Yellow and Blue
Seats in the Senate
4 / 24
Seats in the House of Representatives
92 / 287
Provincial governorships
36 / 80
Website
Official Website of the Liberal Party of the Philippines

Politics of Philippines
Political parties
Elections

For the Liberal umbrella coalition see Team PNoy

The Liberal Party of the Philippines (Filipino: Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas) is the ruling political party and a liberal 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 November 24, 1945 by a breakaway Liberal group from the Nacionalista Party. It is the current ruling party after the election victory of Benigno Aquino III as the President of the Philippines. The Liberals control the House of Representatives, while it is part of a coalition agreement in the Senate.

As such it is the second-oldest political party in the Philippines in terms of establishment, and the oldest active political party in the Philippines. The party has been led by people like Manuel Roxas, Elpidio Quirino, Diosdado Macapagal and Benigno Aquino, Jr.

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History [edit]

Liberal Party logo, 1946–present

The Liberal Party (LP) was founded on 19 January 1946 by Manuel Roxas, the first President of the Third Philippine Republic. It was formed by Pres. Roxas from what was once the "Liberal Wing" of the old Nacionalista Party. Two more Presidents of the Philippines elected into office came from the LP: Elpidio Quirino and the redoubtable Diosdado Macapagal. Two other presidents came from the ranks of the LP, being former members of the Party that choose to follow a different path and joined the Nacionalistas: Ramon Magsaysay, and Ferdinand Marcos.

During the days leading to Martial Rule, 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 the would-be dictator on issues like Human Rights and the curtailment of Freedoms. Not even the declaration of Martial Law silenced the LP, and it continued to fight the dictatorship despite the costs. Many of its leaders and members would be prosecuted and even killed during this time.

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 Senate of 1991 to reject a new RP-US Bases Treaty. This ironically cost the Party dearly, losing for it the Elections of 1992. In 2000, it again showed its mettle by standing against the corruption of the Joseph Estrada Administration, actively supporting the Resign-Impeach-Oust initiatives that led to People Power II.

The Liberal Party regained new influence after its nomination of then-Senator Benigno Aquino III, the son of former President Cory Aquino, after the latter's death and the massive outpouring of sympathy for the Aquino family. Even as the party earlier nominated Sen. Manuel "Mar" Roxas for president, Roxas chose to give way to Aquino and ran for vice president instead. The party then, during the fierce campaign battle that followed, was able to field new members from then-ruling party Lakas Kampi CMD, in order to become the largest minority party in Congress.

Current party officials [edit]

Presidents [edit]

Term in Office Name
January 19, 1946 - April 15, 1948 President Manuel Roxas
January 19, 1946 - May 8, 1949 Senate President José Avelino
April 17, 1948 - December 30, 1950 President Elpidio Quirino
1950–1957 House Speaker Eugenio Pérez
1957–1961 President Diosdado Macapagal
1961 - April 21, 1964 Senate President Ferdinand Marcos
December 30, 1961 - December 30, 1965 President Diosdado Macapagal
May 1964 - 1969 House Speaker Cornelio T. Villareal
May 10, 1969 - April 19, 1982 Senator Gerardo M. Roxas
April 20, 1982 - June 1, 1993 Senate President Jovito Salonga
June 2, 1993 – Oct. 17, 1994 Senator Wigberto Tañada
Oct. 18, 1994 - September 19, 1999 Speaker Pro Tempore Raul A. Daza
September 20, 1999 - August 9, 2004 Representative Florencio Abad
August 9, 2004 - November 28, 2007 Senate President Franklin Drilon
November 28, 2007 – present Secretary of Interior & Local Government Manuel Roxas II

Electoral performance [edit]

Liberal Party Logo from 1946-2011

President [edit]

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

Vice president [edit]

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, pending election protest

Senate [edit]

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
 Lost
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

*in coalition with PDP-Laban

House of Representatives [edit]

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
 Lost
1957 1,453,527 30.16%
19 / 102
 Lost
1961 2,167,641 33.71%
29 / 104
 Won
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 Lost under the LABAN coalition
1984 N/A N/A N/A Lost under the LABAN coalition
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 6,923,162 20.19%
45 / 287
 Liberal Party-led coalition
2013

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

Most notable members [edit]

Elected Philippine President [edit]

Others [edit]

Liberal-affiliated parties [edit]

Candidates for the Philippine general election, 2010 [edit]

Senatorial Slate (12)

Candidates for the Philippine general election, 2013 [edit]

Senatorial Slate (12) Team PNoy

See also [edit]

References [edit]

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