Nacionalista Party

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Nacionalista Party Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas
Leader	Manny Villar
President	Manny Villar
Secretary-General	Alan Peter Cayetano
Founded	April 29, 1907
Headquarters	2nd Level Starmall, EDSA corner Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Youth wing	Nacionalista Party (NP) Youth Network
Ideology	Conservatism Filipino nationalism Neoliberalism
Political position	Center-right
International affiliation	None
Official colors	Green and Orange
Seats in the Senate	4 / 24
Seats in the House of Representatives	22 / 286
Provincial governorships	10 / 79
Provincial vice governorships	7 / 79
Provincial boards	89 / 756
Website
Official Website of the Nacionalista Party
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The Nacionalista Party (Spanish/Filipino: Partido Nacionalista) is the oldest political party in the Philippines today and was responsible for leading the country throughout the majority of the 20th century since its founding in 1907. The party began as the country's vehicle for independence, through the building of a modern nation-state, and through the advocacy of efficient self rule, dominating the Philippine Assembly (1907–1916), the Philippine Legislature (1916–1935) and the pre-war years of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935–1941). During the Japanese Occupation political parties were replaced by the KALIBAPI. By the second half of the century the party was one of the main political contenders for leadership in the country, in competition with the Liberals and the Progressives, during the decades between the devastation of World War II and the violent suppression of partisan politics of the Marcos dictatorship. In 1978, in a throwback to the Japanese Occupation, political parties were asked to merge into the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, although the Nacionalistas preferred to go into hibernation. Eventually, the party was revived during the late 1980s and early 1990s by the Laurel family, which has dominated the Party since the 1950s. It is now being reborn by party president Sen. Manuel Villar. Two of the other present parties, the Liberal Party and the Nationalist People's Coalition are breakaways from the Nacionalista Party.

The Nacionalista Party is also known as the NP. 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 five out of 235 seats (state of the parties, June 2005). The party was, at the 2004 elections a member of the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow), the coalition that supported president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who won the 2004 presidential elections. In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won 6 seats.

The Nacionalista Party was the ruling party from 1935-1944 (under President Manuel Quezon), 1944-1946 (under President Sergio Osmeña), 1953-1957 (under President Ramon Magsaysay), 1957-1961 (Under President Carlos P. Garcia), and 1965-1978 (under President Ferdinand Marcos).

Controversy on dominant minority status

During the 2010 elections, the Nacionalista and the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) formed an alliance after it was approved by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) on April 12, 2010. The Nacionalistas fielded Senator Manuel Villar, Jr. and running with fellow Senator Loren Legarda who is a member of the NPC. It became the dominant minority party after a resolution passed by the COMELEC. On April 21, however it was blocked by the Supreme Court after a suit filed by the rival Liberal Party. On May 6, 2010, the Supreme Court nullified the merger and therefore giving the Liberal Party to be the dominant minority party. It was based on a resolution by the COMELEC giving political parties to be accredited by August 17, 2009.

The coalition was made to help the Nacionalista Party to help boost the presidential campaign of Senator Villar and have a chance to be the dominant minority party by the Commission on Elections which give the rights to poll watchers during the canvassing of votes. However it is being challenged by the Liberal Party calls the said alliance a "bogus" alliance, the Liberals are also seeking the same party status by the COMELEC. As well, several local races are being challenged from both parties therefore causing confusion in those races.

Electoral performance

Electoral system:

• President and vice president: First past the post
• Senate: Plurality-at-large voting (see details)
  • 1946 to 1971: 8 votes per voter, 8 are elected (excluding special elections)
  • 1987 to present: 12 votes per voter, 12 are elected (excluding special elections)
• House of Representatives:
  • 1946 to 1992: 1 vote per voter, first past the post in single-member districts
  • 1995 to present: 2 votes per voter, parallel voting: 80% of the seats via first past the post in single-member districts; 20% via closed party-list with 3-seat cap and non-mandatory 2% threshold. The party can not participate in the party-list election.

Election year	President			Vice President			Senate						House of Representatives
	Votes	%	Result	%	Votes	Result	Votes	%	Seats won	Total seats	%	Result	Votes	%	Seats won	%	Result
1946	1,129,996	45.71%	Lost	1,051,243	47.38%	Lost	7,454,074	41.2%	7	15	58.3%	Lost	908,740	37.84%	35	35.71%	Lost
1947	No election			No election			10,114,453	45.0%	1	8	33.3%	Lost	No election
1949	1,318,330	37.22%	Lost	1,184,215	46.08%	Lost	8,900,568	36.6%	0	4	16.7%	Lost	1,178,402	34.05%	33	33.00%	Lost
1951	No election			No election			13,266,643	59.1%	8	12	50.0%	Lost	No election
1953	2,912,992	68.90%	Won	2,515,265	62.90%	Won	9,813,166	39.8%	5	13	54.2%	Won	1,930,367	47.30%	31	30.39%	Won
1955	No election			No election			17,319,389	67.6%	8	21	87.5%	Won	No election
1957	2,072,257	41.28%	Won	1,783,012	37.91%	Lost	13,273,945	47.2%	6	20	83.3%	Won	2,948,409	61.18%	82	80.39%	Won
1959	No election			No election			17,160,618	50.1%	5	19	79.2%	Won	No election
1961	2,902,996	44.95%	Lost	1,787,987	28.06%	Lost	17,834,477	45.1%	2	13	54.2%	Won	3,923,390	61.02%	74	71.15%	Lost
1963	No election			No election			22,983,457	50.2%	4	11	45.8%	Won	No election
1965	3,861,324	51.94%	Won	3,531,550	48.48%	Won	21,619,502	43.8%	5	11	45.8%	Won	3,028,224	41.76%	38	36.54%	Won
1967	No election			No election			30,704,100	62.8%	6	16	66.7%	Won	No election
1969	5,017,343	61.47%	Won	5,001,737	62.76%	Won	32,726,305	60.8%	6	18	75.0%	Won	3,028,224	41.76%	38	36.54%	Won
1971	No election			No election			24,819,175	42.6%	3	16	66.7%	Won	No election
1978	No election			Abolished			Abolished						Took part as part of either the KBL or UNIDO.
1981	1,716,449	8.25%	Lost	Abolished			Abolished						No election
1984	No election			Abolished			Abolished								2	1.09%	Lost
1986	Took part as member of UNIDO.			Member was candidate of UNIDO.			Abolished						No election
1987	No election			No election			Took part as part of the GAD.						1,444,399	7.19%	4	2.00%	Lost
1992	770,046	3.40%	Lost	255,730	1.25%	Lost	14,499,923	5.3%	0	0	0.0%	Lost	730,696	3.92%	7	3.52%	Lost
1995	No election			No election			Did not took part.						153,088	0.79%	1	0.49%	Lost
1998	Did not take part.			Did not take part.			Did not take part.						Did not take part.
2001	No election			No election			770,647	0.3%	0	0	0.0%	Lost	Did not took part.
2004	Did not take part.			Did not take part.			Did not take part.								2	0.96%	Lost
2007	No election			No election			27,125,724	10.1%	2	3	12.5%	Coalition			11	4.06%	Coalition
2010	5,573,835	15.42%	Lost	Guest candidate was from NPC.			49,585,503	16.7%	3	4	16.7%	Lost	3,995,334	11.65%	26	9.09%	Coalition

Notable Nacionalistas

Past

Throughout their careers, many of the country's greatest politicians, statesmen, and leaders were, in whole or in part, Nacionalistas. Notable names include:

Philippine Presidents and Vice-Presidents who were affiliated with the NP

• Presidents:
  • Manuel L. Quezon (2nd President of the Philippines)
  • José P. Laurel (3rd President of the Philippines)
  • Sergio Osmeña (4th President of the Philippines)
  • Manuel Roxas (5th President of the Philippines)
  • Elpidio Quirino (6th President of the Philippines)
  • Ramon Magsaysay (7th President of the Philippines)
  • Carlos P. Garcia (8th President of the Philippines)
  • Ferdinand Marcos (10th President of the Philippines)
  • Joseph Estrada(13th President of the Philippines)

• Vice-President
  • Fernando Lopez (4th and 8th Vice-President of the Philippines; under Elpidio Quirino, Ferdinand E. Marcos)
  • Emmanuel Pelaez (7th Vice-President of the Philippines; under Diosdado Macapagal)
  • Salvador Laurel (10th Vice-President of the Philippines, 5th and last Prime Minister; under President Corazon C. Aquino)

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Senators

• Claro M. Recto
• Jose W. Diokno
• Blas Ople
• Cipriano Primicias, Sr.
• Eulogio Rodriguez
• Francisco Tongio Liongson
• Manuel Briones

Most of these individuals embody solid political traditions of economic and political nationalism are pertinent today, even with the party's subsequent decline.

Current

Some members of the House of Representatives and Senate include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Manuel Villar (Senator from Metro Manila and Nacionalista president), Party Chairman
• Pia Cayetano (Senator from Metro Manila)
• Justin Marc Chipeco, (Representative from Laguna)
• Emmylou Taliño-Santos, (North Cotabato)
• Cynthia Villar, (former Representative from Las Piñas City)
• Alan Peter Cayetano, (Senator from Metro Manila)
• Laarni Lopez-Cayetano, (former Representative from Taguig City and Mayor of Taguig City)
• Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., (former Representative from Ilocos Norte and current Senator)
• Imelda Marcos, (former First Lady of the Philippines, Ilocos Norte Representative member of the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan but caucuses with the NP.)
• Imee Marcos, (former Ilocos Norte Representative and Governor of Ilocos Norte)

Nacionalista-affiliated parties

• People's Reform Party
• Alayon – Cebu
• Kugi Uswag Sugbu – Cebu City
• Partido Magdalo – Cavite

Candidates for Philippine general elections, 2010

• Manny Villar – Presidential Candidate (lost)
• Loren Legarda – Vice Presidential Candidate (Guest Candidate from NPC and LDP) (lost)

Senatorial Slate (12)

• Pia Cayetano (won)
• Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. (won)
• Liza Maza (guest candidate from Makabayan alliance, lost)
• Ramon Mitra III (lost)
• Satur Ocampo (guest candidate from Makabayan alliance, lost)
• Susan Ople (lost)
• Gwendolyn Pimentel (lost)
• Ariel Querubin (lost)
• Gilbert Remulla (lost)
• Bong Revilla (Running under the Lakas-Kampi-CMD and guest candidate of PMP) (won)
• Miriam Defensor Santiago (Running under the PRP and guest candidate of Lakas-Kampi-CMD, LDP, NPC and PMP) (won)
• Adel Tamano (lost)

Nacionalista Party Presidents

Term	Name
1907-1935	House Speaker Sergio Osmeña
1935-1944	President Manuel L. Quezon
1944-1953	President Sergio Osmeña
1953-1964	Senator Eulogio Rodriguez
1964-1980	Senator Gil J. Puyat
1980-1989	Former House Speaker Jose B. Laurel, Jr.
1989-2003	Vice-President Salvador Laurel
2003-present	Senator Manuel Villar, Jr.

Platform

The Nacionalista Party in the Philippines corresponds somewhat to the Republican Party in the United States, along with the Lakas-CMD. It belongs to the conservative wing of Philippine politics, while its main opponent, the Liberal Party and the political parties belonging to the aggrupation of the People's Power government all belong to the liberal wing of Philippine politics somewhat corresponding to the Democratic Party in the United States. However, the differences between both parties have become more obscured and less evident over time as changing of party allegiance by individual politicians, especially prior to a major election has become a norm in Philippine politics.

See also

• List of political parties in the Philippines
• Filipino nationalism
• Liberal Party (Philippines)
• The Jones Act

External links

• Official party site