The Workers' and Peasants' Party (WPP), also known as Labor Party Philippines, Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka (lit. Workers' and Farmers' Party; PMM) and the Lapiang Manggagawa (; LM), is a political party in the Philippines.

History

The Philippine Trade Union Center split into different groups, which included the Labor Party of the Philippines. Led by Cipriano Cid, Roberto Oca, Ignacio Lacsina and Felixberto Olalia, the Labor Party failed to win an election. Some members reorganized themselves into the Katipunang Manggagawang Pilipino (Association of Filipino Workers) at April 25, 1959, at the

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with Oca as party president but other groups soon disassociated themselves from the party. Founded on February 3, 1963, as the Lapiang Manggagawa (LM), Cipriano Cid, the founder, complained that the "party leaders were already being closely watched." The party broke up in August 1963, and its candidate for the Manila mayoralty, Roberto Oca, was recruited by the

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. Other members coalesced into the

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. However, some founders from that

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meeting persisted and carried on the "Lapiang Manggagawa" name. It was also known, albeit briefly in 1965, as the Socialist Party of the Philippines. The party registered with the

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in 1983. The party supported the

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ticket in the 1986 presidential election. In the 1992 elections, the party merged with the Lakas-NUCD. For the

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, the party merged with the Partido ng Demokratikong Reporma (Party for Democratic Reform). For the 2010 presidential election, the party announced its nomination of

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for president. Ebdane accepted the nomination in November 2009, but withdrew from the presidential race in December 2009. Ebdane ran instead for the governorship of

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; he won, defeating Governor

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. In 2012 Zambales' 2nd district special election, Ebdane's son Jun Omar successfully defended the district's seat in the

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against Deloso's daughter and from deceased Antonio M. Diaz's daughter, who ran under the Nacionalista Party. For the

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, the party nominated former ambassador and House representative for OFW Family Club

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. Señeres was in the initial list of official candidates. However, he withdrew on February 5, 2016. Seneres eventually died of a heart attack three days later. Despite his withdrawal and death, he still remained on the ballot. The party presented Apolonia Soguilon as his substitute, but was rejected because she had a different surname. Ultimately, Señeres still received around 22,000 votes in the election. The party fielded candidates for the 2019 senatorial election. PMM's ticket consisted of Shariff Albani, Gerald Arcega, Marcelino Arias, Melchor Chavez,

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, and Luther Meniano. The party supported

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during the 2022 presidential election as cited by its unified national convention with the Partido Lakas ng Manggagawang Pilipino (PLMP) in Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga.

Electoral candidates

1987 Philippine Senate election

* Jacinto TamayoAs Lapiang Manggagawa. (lost) * Bienvenido Medrano (lost)

1998 Philippine presidential election

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(as president; lost) *

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(as vice president; lost)

2010 Philippine presidential election

Jun Ebdane Hermogenes "Jun" Edejer Ebdane, Jr. (born December 30, 1948) is a Filipino politician and retired police officer with the rank of Director General. He is the Governor of Zambales since 2019, previously held this position from 2010 until 2016. H ...

(as president; withdrew)

2016 Philippine general elections

(as president; withdrew) * Melchor Chavez (as senator; lost) * Aldin Ali (as senator; lost)

2019 Philippine Senate election

* Abner Afuang (lost) * Shariff Albani (lost) * Gerald Arcega (lost) * Marcelino Arias (lost) * Melchor Chavez (lost) * Junbert Guigayuma (lost) *

(lost) * Luther Meniano (lost)

2022 Philippine general election

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(as vice president; lost) * Ibrahim Albani (as senator; lost) * Melchor Chavez (as senator; lost)

2025 Philippine Senate election

* Subair Mustapha

Electoral performance

Presidential and vice presidential elections

Legislative elections

Local affiliates

* Sulong Zambales Party (''Forward Zambales Party'') –

References

{{Philippine political parties Labor parties in the Philippines Political parties established in 1963 Agrarian parties in the Philippines 1963 establishments in the Philippines