Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino

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Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino

The Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (lit.'Struggle of the Patriotic Filipino Masses') was the umbrella political coalition opposition party during the

Jose de Venecia Jr.
with a plurality margin of six million votes.

Shortly after the 1998 elections, the party's name was changed into Lapian ng Masang Pilipino (Organization of the Filipino Masses), as the "struggle" ended with Estrada's victory.

Slogan

The coalition devised an acronym for the Senate slate which is: TPW (The Pilipino Win/The Philippine Way), JOBS and LABOR. T stands for Torres; P for Pimentel; W for Webb; J for Jaworski; O for Ople; B for Bagatsing; S for Sotto; L for Lagman; A for Aquino-Oreta; B for Biazon; O for Osmeña; R for Romero.

Senatorial slate

Below is the official senatorial slate of LAMMP for the 1998 Philippine senatorial election.

Name Party Occupation
Tessie Aquino-Oreta LDP Representative from
Navotas
Ramon Bagatsing Jr. LDP Representative from Manila's 4th congressional district
Rodolfo Biazon LDP Senator
Robert Jaworski
PMP
Professional basketball player
Edcel Lagman LDP Representative from Albay's 1st congressional district
Blas Ople LDP Senator
John Henry Osmeña NPC Representative from Cebu's 3rd congressional district
Aquilino Pimentel Jr. PDP–Laban former Senator
Miguel Romero LDP Representative from Negros Oriental's 2nd congressional district
Vicente Sotto III
LDP Senator
Ruben Torres Independent former Executive Secretary
Freddie Webb LDP Senator

Election results

The success of the coalition was partly because of the popularity of its presidential bet, Vice President Estrada who won the presidential election. His senatorial slate also gained majority of 7 out of 12 available seats in the Senate. The following were the LAMMP senatorial bets who won:

  • Tito Sotto
  • Nene Pimentel
  • Rodolfo Biazon
  • Blas Ople
  • John Henry Osmeña
  • Robert Jaworski
  • Tessie Aquino-Oreta

The coalition also gained great majority in the House of Representatives and majority of elected local officials who ran as members of the coalition.

LAMMP was abolished during the

Luisa Pimentel-Ejercito
.

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