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Philippine Democratic Socialist Party Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas
Chairperson	Norberto Gonzales
Secretary-General	Atty. Ramel Muria (acting)
Founded	May 1, 1973
Headquarters	Manila, Philippines
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-Left
International affiliation	Socialist International (consultative)
Official colors	Red, White, and Green
Website
www.pdsp.net
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The Philippine Democratic Socialist Party (Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas) is a political party in the Philippines. It was one of the member parties that composed the United Nationalists Democratic Organizations that supported the candidacy of Corazon Aquino and Salvador Laurel in the 1986 Snap Elections against President Ferdinand Marcos.

There are no results available of the last elections for the House of Representatives, but according to the website of the House, the party holds 2 out of 235 seats (state of the parties, June 2005). The party was at the 2004 elections member of the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow), the coalition that supported president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who won the 2004 presidential elections.

In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won 3 seats.^[1]

[edit] History

Established on May 1, 1973, the PDSP played a leading role in the difficult task of establishing and expanding a progressive and democratic alternative to the Marcos dictatorship and to Marxism-Leninism. It made an important contribution to the mass campaigns which eventually led to the People Power revolution in 1986.

The PDSP then helped much to consolidate the newly restored democracy, especially through education and mobilization among the small farmers and fisherfolk, workers, urban poor, women, youth, Bangsa Moro, and the indigenous peoples of Luzon and of Mindanao.

Finally, the PDSP, mainly through its members in people’s organizations and non-government organizations, has helped much to draft laws and government regulations, especially in relation to issues and concerns of farmers, fishermen, workers, urban poor, women, and other proletarian sectors of Philippine society.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas official website

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