The Liberal Party (
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: ''Partido Liberal''), abbreviated as the LP, is a
liberal
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political party
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in the
Philippines
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.
Founded on January 19, 1946, by Senate President
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas (born Manuel Roxas y Acuña; ; January 1, 1892 – April 15, 1948) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fifth president of the Philippines, who served from 1946 until his death due to heart attacks in 19 ...
, Senate President Pro-Tempore
Elpidio Quirino
Elpidio Rivera Quirino (born Elpidio Quirino y Rivera; ; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the sixth president of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953.
A lawyer by profession, Quirino ente ...
, and former
9th Senatorial District Senator
José Avelino from the breakaway
liberal
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wing of the old
Nacionalista Party (NP), the Liberal Party remains the second-oldest active political party in the Philippines after the NP, and the oldest continually-active party. The LP served as the governing party of four Philippine presidents:
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas (born Manuel Roxas y Acuña; ; January 1, 1892 – April 15, 1948) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fifth president of the Philippines, who served from 1946 until his death due to heart attacks in 19 ...
,
Elpidio Quirino
Elpidio Rivera Quirino (born Elpidio Quirino y Rivera; ; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the sixth president of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953.
A lawyer by profession, Quirino ente ...
,
Diosdado Macapagal, and
Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III (; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. The son of ...
. As a vocal opposition party to the
dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, it reemerged as a major political party after the
People Power Revolution and the establishment of the
Fifth Republic. It subsequently served as a senior member of President
Corazon Aquino's
UNIDO
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coalition. Upon
Corazon Aquino's death in 2009, the party regained popularity, winning the
2010 Philippine presidential election under
Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III (; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. The son of ...
and returning it to government to serve from 2010 to 2016. This was the only instance the party had won the presidency since the end of the Marcos dictatorship, however, as it lost control of the office to
Rodrigo Duterte of
PDP–Laban in the
2016 presidential election
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January
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and became the leading opposition party once again. Its vice presidential candidate
Leni Robredo won in the same election, however, narrowly beating the second candidate by a small margin.
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
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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
contemporary Philippine politics. With center-left positions on social issues and centrist positions on economic issues, it is commonly associated with the post-revolution,
liberal-democratic status quo of the Philippines in contrast to
authoritarianism
Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political ''status quo'', and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voti ...
,
neoconservatism, and
socialism
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. Aside from presidents, the party has been led by liberal thinkers and
progressive politicians including
Benigno Aquino Jr.
Benigno "Ninoy" Simeon Aquino Jr., (; November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983) was a Filipino politician who served as a senator of the Philippines (1967–1972) and governor of the province of Tarlac. Aquino was the husband of Corazon Aqui ...
,
Jovito Salonga
Jovito "Jovy" Reyes Salonga, KGCR (; June 22, 1920 – March 10, 2016) was a Filipino politician and lawyer, as well as a leading opposition leader during the regime of Ferdinand Marcos from the declaration of martial law in 1972 until the P ...
, Raul Daza, Florencio B. Abad Jr.,
Franklin Drilon, and
Mar Roxas. Two of its members, Corazon Aquino and
Leila de Lima, have received the prestigious
Prize For Freedom
The Prize For Freedom is an annual prize presented by the Liberal International since 1985. With the prize the organization honors an individual which has made an outstanding contribution to human rights and political freedom
Political freedom ...
, one of the highest international awards for liberal and democratic politicians since 1985 given by Liberal International. The Liberal Party is a member of the
Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats and
Liberal International
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.
History
Founding
The Liberal Party was founded on January 19, 1946, by
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas (born Manuel Roxas y Acuña; ; January 1, 1892 – April 15, 1948) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fifth president of the Philippines, who served from 1946 until his death due to heart attacks in 19 ...
,
the first President of the
Third Philippine Republic
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.
It was formed by Roxas from what was once the "Liberal Wing" of the
Nacionalista Party.
Two more Presidents of the Philippines elected into office came from the LP:
Elpidio Quirino
Elpidio Rivera Quirino (born Elpidio Quirino y Rivera; ; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the sixth president of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953.
A lawyer by profession, Quirino ente ...
and
Diosdado Macapagal.
[Molina, Antonio. ''The Philippines: Through the centuries''. Manila: University of Sto. Tomas Cooperative, 1961. Print.] Two other presidents came from the ranks of the LP, as former members of the party who later joined the Nacionalistas:
Ramon Magsaysay
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and
Ferdinand Marcos.
["Ramon Magsaysay." Microsoft Student 2009 VD Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2008.]
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
Jovito "Jovy" Reyes Salonga, KGCR (; June 22, 1920 – March 10, 2016) was a Filipino politician and lawyer, as well as a leading opposition leader during the regime of Ferdinand Marcos from the declaration of martial law in 1972 until the P ...
, the LP would hound President Marcos on issues like
human rights
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and the curtailment of
freedoms
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. Even after Marcos'
declaration of martial law silenced the LP, the party continued to oppose the regime, and many of its leaders and members would be prosecuted and even killed during this time.
Post-EDSA
After democracy was restored after the
People Power Revolution, the LP was instrumental in ending more than half a century of US military presence in the Philippines with its campaign in the 1991 senate to reject a new RP-US Bases Treaty. This ironically cost the party dearly, losing for it the
elections of 1992. In 2000, it was in opposition to the
Joseph Estrada administration, actively supporting the Resign-Impeach-Oust initiatives that led to
People Power II.
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.
The Benigno Aquino III administration
The Liberal Party regained influence when it nominated as its next presidential candidate then-Senator Benigno Aquino III,
the son of former President
Corazon Aquino, for the
2010 Philippine presidential election after the
latter's death that subsequently showed a groundswell of support for his candidacy.
Even though the party had earlier nominated Sen.
Manuel "Mar" Roxas II to be its presidential candidate for the
2010 Philippine general election
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, Roxas gave way to Aquino and instead ran for vice president. The party was able to field new members breaking away from the then-ruling party
Lakas–Kampi–CMD, becoming the largest minority party in Congress.
Aquino would later win by plurality, and the LP would become the majority party in Congress.
2016–present
In the 2016 presidential elections, the Liberal Party nominated Mar Roxas, former
Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) and
Department of the Interior and Local Government
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(DILG) secretary, and
Leni Robredo, a representative from Naga City and widow of
Jesse Robredo, the DILG secretary who preceded Roxas, as the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates. Robredo won, while Roxas lost. Most of the party's members either switched allegiance to
PDP–Laban, 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. Since then the party had been inducting new members who were non-politicians, some of whom applied online through the party's website, Liberal.ph. Before the scheduled
2019 general elections, the LP formed
Otso Diretso, an electoral coalition of eight candidates for the senate race; led by the party, the coalition field also comprised members of the
Magdalo Party-List,
Akbayan Citizens Action Party, and
Aksyon Demokratiko
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. None of the eight senatorial candidates under Otso Diretso won a seat, however; it was the first time in the history of the current
bicameral composition of the
Philippine Congress under the
1987 Constitution
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that the opposition failed to win a seat in one of the chambers, and the second time that a Liberal Party-led coalition suffered a great loss since
1955.
For the
2022 Philippine presidential election, the Liberal Party nominated Leni Robredo and
Francis Pangilinan
Francis Pancratius "Kiko" Nepomuceno Pangilinan (; born August 24, 1963) is a Filipino lawyer, politician, and farm owner who served as a Senator from 2001 to 2013 and from 2016 to 2022. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 2004 to 2008.
A ...
for the presidential and vice presidential posts, respectively.
Ideology
While the Liberal Party defines its ideology as
social liberalism
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, the party has often been described as a "
centrist
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" or "
liberal
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" party. Historically, the Liberal Party has been evaluated as a "
conservative
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" party, with an ideology similar to or indistinguishable from the
Nacionalista Party's ideology, until it became the opposition party under the
Marcos dictatorship
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, wherein it became more liberal. Being a founding member of the
Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats and a full member of
Liberal International
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, the Liberal Party advocates the values of "
freedom,
justice
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and
solidarity (''
bayanihan
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'')," as described in the party's values charter. 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 dictatorship
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.
Since 2017, the party has opened party membership to the general public and to
key sectors of society, aiming to harness a large
volunteering
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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.
It also advocates and supports secure
jobs,
food,
shelter
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Shelter may also refer to:
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* Port Shelter, Hong Kong
* Shelter Bay (disambiguation), various locations
* Shelter Cove (disambiguation), various locatio ...
,
universal health care
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,
public education access, and other
social services, and is against
extrajudicial killings, any challenge to the
rule of law, and curtailments of
human rights
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strictures. The party also aims to form an
open government with
participatory democracy
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, positions that have been supported by the party's recent leaders.
Economic policy
* Improve
social safety net
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s.
* Impose 1%
wealth tax on individuals with
net value asset
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s exceeding
₱1 billion.
* Create
tax exemption
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s for selected products.
* Maximize the budget windfall of
local government
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s for
antipoverty projects.
* Increase
minimum wages.
* Declare and address an "education crisis", increase the education budget to 6% of
GDP
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, streamline
teacher
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''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. whe ...
s' function,
and establish
special education
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(SPED) centers in all public schools.
* Develop an
inter-sectoral approach and convergence of roles for the attainment of a functioning
universal health care
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, provide due fixed allowances and statutory benefits to
barangay health workers, and fix the corruption in
PhilHealth.
* Prioritize
infrastructure for spurring
rural development
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Rural development has traditionally centered on the exploitation of ...
, transportation,
water resource management
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, and
climate resilience
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, funded through
public-private partnerships rather than loans.
* Upgrade
science and technology research and development funding and promote
data-driven agriculture.
* Invest in
subsidies to promote renewable energy and implement better
waste disposal
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This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitorin ...
to mitigate
sea pollution
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.
* Prioritize a
job guarantee program and expand coverage of the
SSS and
Pag-Ibig.
* Promote
financial literacy
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.
* Offer
voucher programs for access to
private colleges and universities.
* Enact a law calling for equal participation of women in the economy and in decision-making positions, both in
public
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and
private organizations.
* Addressing
systemic corruption in government.
*
Cleaner air and
water
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and
sustainable arable land
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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".
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.
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
legal abuse, demanding the government provide evidence to back the claims.
Current party officials
*President: Albay Representative
Edcel Lagman (2022–present)
*Vice President: Former Quezon Representative
Lorenzo Tañada III (2022–present)
*Chairperson: Former Senator
Francis Pangilinan
Francis Pancratius "Kiko" Nepomuceno Pangilinan (; born August 24, 1963) is a Filipino lawyer, politician, and farm owner who served as a Senator from 2001 to 2013 and from 2016 to 2022. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 2004 to 2008.
A ...
(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)
Presidents
Electoral performance
Presidential elections
Vice presidential elections
Legislative elections
Senate
House of Representatives
Notable members
Philippine presidents
*
Manuel Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas (born Manuel Roxas y Acuña; ; January 1, 1892 – April 15, 1948) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fifth president of the Philippines, who served from 1946 until his death due to heart attacks in 19 ...
(5th President of the Philippines; one of the co-founders)
*
Elpidio Quirino
Elpidio Rivera Quirino (born Elpidio Quirino y Rivera; ; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the sixth president of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953.
A lawyer by profession, Quirino ente ...
(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 which Marcos defected after failing to get the LP nomination.
*
Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III (; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. The son of ...
(15th President of the Philippines)
*
Rodrigo Duterte (16th President of the Philippines) – A former party chair in Davao City
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from 2009, Duterte left the party in 2015. He won the presidency in 2016 under the PDP-Laban ticket.
Others
*
List of Liberal Party (Philippines) members
Coalition
*
Akbayan
*
Katipunan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino
*
Magdalo
*
Makabayan
Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makabayan; ) is a coalition of twelve party-lists in the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It was founded on April 16, 2009. The founding assembly was held at UP Theatre, Diliman, Quezon City.
Party-l ...
*
Partido Reporma
References
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