Philippine Democratic Party-People's Power Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN)
Leader	Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.
Chairperson	Aquilino Pimentel, Jr.
President	Jejomar Binay
Secretary-General	Sergio Osmeña III
Founded	1982[1]
Headquarters	Makati City
Ideology	Social democracy, Social conservatism
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	None
Official colors	Red, Yellow and Black
Seats in the Senate	1
Seats in the House of Representatives	4
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The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan or the Philippine Democratic Party-People's Power, more commonly known as PDP-Laban, is a government political party in the Philippines.

According to the Philippine House of representative, the political party holds 4 out of its 235 seats (state of the parties, of June 2005). It is governed by the current Philippine senator Aquilino Pimentel, Jr..

Contents 1 History 1.1 Merger 2 Party members 3 References

[edit] History

The party now known as PDP-Laban is the result of a merger of two political parties: Partido Demokratiko Pilipino and Lakas ng Bayan.

Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP) was founded in 1982 by Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. and a group of protesters of the Marcos government. These protesters include the leaders of Davao city and Cagayan de Oro city, such as Zafiro L. Respicio, Rey Magno Teves, Cesar R. Ledesma, Samuel Oceña, and Morgs Cua. 

[edit] Merger

By 1984, PDP had formed a coalition with the Lakas ng Bayan party, founded earlier by former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. in 1978.

In 1986, the two groups merged to form the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan or PDP-LABAN. At that period, PDP-LABAN became the single biggest opposition group to run against the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos in the 1986 Snap Presidential elections. Corazón Aquino, wife of Lakas ng Bayan founder Benigno Aquino, Jr. was the party's nominee for President that year. Aquino was persuaded to run by businessman Joaquin Roces, who was convinced that Aquino would have the biggest chance to defeat Marcos in the polls. Roces started the Cory Aquino for President movement to gather one million voters in one week to urge Aquino to run as president.

However, another opposition group led by Senator Salvador Laurel of Batangas was also participating in the election, with Laurel as the presidential bet. Before the election, Aquino approached Laurel and offered to give up her allegiance to the PDP-LABAN party, and run as president under Laurel's United Nationalists Democratic Organizations (UNIDO) party. Laurel became the nominee for Vice President. He also approached Aquino, offering her the Vice Presidential nomination of UNIDO or Unity. In the end, Laurel became the Vice Presidential running-mate of Aquino, after being convinced to do so by the Archbishop of Manila, Jaime Cardinal Sin. PDP-LABAN aligned itself with UNIDO, which became the main group and leader of the coalition which opposed Marcos. After the People Power Revolution of 1986, which saw Aquino and Laurel being proclaimed President and Vice President, respectively, PDP-LABAN continued it's allegiance with UNIDO, until the latter's dissolution in 1987. In 1988, PDP-LABAN was split into two factions: the Pimintel Wing of Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. and the Cojuangco Wing of Jose Cojuangco, Jr.. The Cojuangco Wing and the Lakas ng Bansa party of House Speaker Ramon Mitra, Jr. merged in 1988 to form the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino party.

[edit] Party members

• Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. - Head of the Party and current senator from Misamis Oriental and incumbent Minority Floor Leader of the senate.
• Jejomar Binay - Makati City Mayor
• Isko Moreno - Manila Vice-Mayor
• Rodrigo R. Duterte - Davao City Mayor
• Rep. Isidro Ungab- 3rd District of Davao City
• Cong. Teodoro Locsin Jr. - 1st district, Makati congressman
• Aquilino Pimentel III - Former Senatorial Candidate in 2007 Election in the Philippines.

[edit] References

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