Liberal Party (Philippines)
Liberal Party Partido Liberal | |
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Makati City, Metro Manila | |
Think tank | Center for Liberalism and Democracy[1] |
Youth wing | Liberal Youth |
Ideology | Factions: TRoPa (2022) Former
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Regional affiliation | Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats |
International affiliation | Liberal International |
Colors | Yellow, red, blue Buff (customary) |
Slogan | Bago. Bukas. Liberal. (since 2020)[8] |
Seats in the Senate | 0 / 24 |
Seats in the House of Representatives | 10 / 316 |
Provincial governorships | 0 / 81 |
Provincial vice governorships | 6 / 81 |
Provincial board members | 26 / 1,023 |
Website | |
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The Liberal Party of the Philippines (
Founded on January 19, 1946, by Senate President
The Liberal Party was the political party of the immediate past Vice President of the Philippines. In the 2019 midterm elections, the party remained the primary opposition party of the Philippines, holding three seats in the Senate. The LP was the largest party outside of Rodrigo Duterte's supermajority, holding 18 seats in the House of Representatives after 2019. In local government, the party held two provincial governorships and five vice governorships. The general election of 2022, however, was a setback for the party, which lost both the Presidency and Vice-Presidency, as well as all of its seats in the Senate, and saw its representation in the House of Representatives reduced.
The Liberal Party remains an influential organization in
History
Founding
The Liberal Party was founded on January 19, 1946, by Manuel Roxas and Elpidio Quirino.[11] It was formed by Roxas from what was once the "Liberal Wing" of the Nacionalista Party.[12] Two more Presidents of the Philippines elected into office came from the LP: Elpidio Quirino and Diosdado Macapagal.[13][14] Two other presidents came from the ranks of the LP, as former members of the party who later joined the Nacionalistas: Ramon Magsaysay and Ferdinand Marcos.[15]
Martial law era
During the
Post-EDSA
After democracy was restored after the
On March 2, members of the LP installed Manila Mayor Lito Atienza as the party president, which triggered an LP leadership struggle and party schism. The Supreme Court later proclaimed Drilon the true president of the party, leaving the Atienza wing expelled.[16][2]
The Benigno Aquino III administration
The Liberal Party regained influence when it nominated as its next presidential candidate then-Senator Benigno Aquino III,
2016–present
In the 2016 presidential elections, the Liberal Party nominated Mar Roxas, former
joined a supermajority alliance but retained their LP membership (with some defecting later), joined the "recognized minority", or created an opposition bloc called "Magnificent 7".As early as February 2017, the leaders of the Liberal Party chose to focus on rebuilding the party by inviting sectoral representation of non-politicians in its membership numbers.
For the 2022 Philippine presidential election, the Liberal Party nominated Leni Robredo and Francis Pangilinan for the presidential and vice presidential posts, respectively.[30][31]
Ideology
While the Liberal Party defines its ideology as social liberalism,[32] the party has often been described as a "centrist" or "liberal" party. Historically, the Liberal Party has been evaluated as a "conservative" party,[33][34] with an ideology similar to or indistinguishable from the Nacionalista Party's ideology,[35][36] until it became the opposition party under the Marcos Sr. Presidency , wherein it became more liberal.[37] Being a founding member of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats and a full member of Liberal International, the Liberal Party advocates the values of "freedom, justice and solidarity (bayanihan)," as described in the party's values charter.[38][39] Although this may be deemed theoretically true since the party's founding in 1946, it became more tangible through the party's position of continuing dissent during the Marcos presidency.
Since 2017, the party has opened party membership to the general public and to key sectors of society, aiming to harness a large volunteering base. According to the party, this aims to ostensibly build on "the promise of becoming a true people’s party".
Current political positions
The party has declared policies geared toward inclusiveness and people empowerment.[40][9] It also advocates and supports secure jobs, food, shelter, universal health care, public education access, and other social services, and is against extrajudicial killings, any challenge to the rule of law, and curtailments of human rights strictures. The party also aims to form an open government with participatory democracy, positions that have been supported by the party's recent leaders.[41][42]
Economic policy
- Improve social safety nets.[43][44]
- Impose 1% wealth tax on individuals with net value assets exceeding ₱1 billion.[45]
- Create tax exemptions for selected products.[46]
- Maximize the budget windfall of local governments for antipoverty projects.[47]
- Increase minimum wages.[48]
- Declare and address an "education crisis",[49] increase the education budget to 6% of GDP, streamline teachers' function,[50] and establish special education (SPED) centers in all public schools.[51]
- Develop an inter-sectoral approach and convergence of roles for the attainment of a functioning universal health care,[52] provide due fixed allowances and statutory benefits to barangay health workers,[53] and fix the corruption in PhilHealth.[54]
- Prioritize infrastructure for spurring rural development, transportation, water resource management, and climate resilience, funded through public-private partnerships rather than loans.[55]
- Upgrade science and technology research and development funding[56] and promote data-driven agriculture.[57]
- Invest in subsidies to promote renewable energy[58][59] and implement better waste disposal to mitigate sea pollution.[60]
- Prioritize a job guarantee program[61] and expand coverage of the SSS and Pag-Ibig.[62]
- Promote financial literacy.[63]
- Offer voucher programs for access to private colleges and universities.[50]
- Enact a law calling for equal participation of women in the economy and in decision-making positions, both in public and private organizations.[64]
- Addressing systemic corruption in government.[4][65]
- Cleaner air and water and sustainable arable land as well as extensive programs against climate change.
Legal issues
Senator Leila de Lima, who led an investigation into alleged extrajudicial deaths in the early months of Duterte's war on drugs, was issued an arrest warrant in 2017 based on charges linked to the New Bilibid Prison drug trafficking scandal, which the party claimed was based on trumped-up charges, labelling the arrest "patently illegal".[66] While on the whole, de Lima's investigation was seen by some pundits as an adversarial investigation that was a strategic mistake, others in the party simply saw it as a call to a review of the party's principles and how members have adhered to them.[67][66][65][68][69]
In 2019, the party, along with other groups, was accused of planning a coup against the Duterte government. The party denounced the allegation and called it a state-sponsored threat of
Current party officials
- President: Albay–1st Representative Edcel Lagman (2022–present)
- Vice President: Former Quezon–4th Representative Erin Tañada (2022–present)
- Chairperson: Former Senator Francis Pangilinan (2022–present)
- Vice Chairperson: Former Quezon City Representative Kit Belmonte (2022–present)
- Secretary-General: Former Ifugao Representative Teddy Baguilat (2022–present)
- Treasurer: Oriental Mindoro Representative Alfonso Umali Jr. (2022–present)
- Spokesperson: Former Senator Leila de Lima (2023–present)
Party presidents
# | Name | Start of term | End of term |
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1 | Manuel Roxas[16] | January 19, 1946 | April 15, 1948 |
2 | José Avelino | April 19, 1948 | May 8, 1949 |
3 | Elpidio Quirino | April 17, 1949 | December 30, 1950 |
4 | Eugenio Pérez | December 30, 1950 | December 30, 1957 |
5 | Diosdado Macapagal | December 30, 1957 | January 21,1961 |
6 | Ferdinand E. Marcos[71] | January 21, 1961[72][73] | April 1964[74] |
7 | Cornelio T. Villareal | April 1964 | May 10, 1969 |
8 | Gerardo Roxas | May 10, 1969 | April 19, 1982 |
9 | Jovito Salonga | April 20, 1982 | June 1, 1993 |
10 | Wigberto Tañada | June 2, 1993 | October 17, 1994 |
11 | Raul A. Daza | October 18, 1994 | September 19, 1999 |
12 | Florencio Abad | September 20, 1999 | August 9, 2004 |
13 | Franklin Drilon | August 10, 2004 | November 5, 2007 |
14 | Mar Roxas | November 6, 2007 | September 30, 2012 |
15 | Joseph Emilio Abaya | October 1, 2012 | August 7, 2016 |
16 | Francis Pangilinan | August 8, 2016 | September 30, 2022 |
17 | Edcel Lagman | September 30, 2022 | Incumbent |
Electoral performance
Presidential elections
Vice presidential elections
Year | Candidate | Votes | % | Result | Outcome |
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1946 | Elpidio Quirino | 1,161,725 | 52.36 | Won | Elpidio Quirino won |
1949 | Fernando Lopez[a] | 1,341,284 | 52.19 | Won | Fernando López won
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Vicente J. Francisco[a] | 44,510 | 1.73 | Lost | ||
1953 | José Yulo | 1,483,802 | 37.10 | Lost | Carlos P. Garcia (Nacionalista) won |
1957 | Diosdado Macapagal | 2,189,197 | 46.55 | Won | Diosdado Macapagal won |
1961 | Emmanuel Pelaez | 2,394,400 | 37.57 | Won | Emmanuel Pelaez won |
1965 | Gerardo Roxas | 3,504,826 | 48.12 | Lost | Fernando López (Nacionalista ) won
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1969 | Genaro Magsaysay | 2,968,526 | 37.54 | Lost | Fernando López (Nacionalista ) won
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1981
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Vice presidency abolished | ||||
1986 | None; main wing endorsed Salvador Laurel (UNIDO) | Disputed | Salvador Laurel (UNIDO) assumed vice presidency | ||
Eva Estrada Kalaw | 662,185 | 3.31 | |||
1992 | None; Salonga's running mate was PDP–Laban )
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2,023,289 | 9.91 | Lost | Joseph Estrada (NPC) won |
1998 | Serge Osmeña | 2,351,462 | 9.20 | Lost | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (Lakas–NUCD–UMDP) won |
2004 | None; endorsed Noli de Castro (Independent) | — | Noli de Castro (Independent) won | ||
2010 | Mar Roxas | 13,918,490 | 39.58 | Lost | PDP–Laban ) won
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2016 | Leni Robredo | 14,418,817 | 35.11 | Won | Leni Robredo won |
2022 | Francis Pangilinan | 9,329,207 | 17.82 | Lost | Sara Duterte (Lakas–CMD) won |
Legislative elections
Senate
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House of Representatives
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Notable members
Philippine presidents
- Manuel Roxas (5th President of the Philippines; one of the co-founders)
- Elpidio Quirino (6th President of the Philippines) – also the 2nd Vice President of the Philippines
- Ramon Magsaysay (7th President of the Philippines) – Magsaysay won in 1953 as the Candidate of the Nacionalista, although he was former Liberal member and in fact he served as President Quirino's Secretary of Department of National Defense.
- Diosdado Macapagal (9th President of the Philippines)
- Ferdinand Marcos Sr. (10th President of the Philippines) – Marcos won in 1965 as the candidate of the Liberal Party's rival Nacionalista Party, the party to which Marcos joined after failing to get the LP nomination.
- Benigno Aquino III (15th President of the Philippines)
Philippine vice presidents
- Fernando Lopez (3rd and 7th vice president of the Philippines) – Lopez was a Liberal when he was the 3rd Vice President, while a Nacionalista member as the 7th Vice President
- Emmanuel Pelaez (6th vice president of the Philippines)
- Leni Robredo (14th vice president of the Philippines)
Others
Coalition
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External links
- Official website
- Liberal Party on Facebook
- Liberal Party on Twitter