Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats,abbreviated as Lakas–CMD and popularly known as Lakas,was a political party in the Philippines. Its ideology and that of its successor is heavily influenced by Christian and Islamic democracy. The party's influence on Philippine society is very strong,especially after the People Power Revolution,which has led the country to elect two presidents from the party,namely Fidel V. Ramos,a United Methodist,and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,a Roman Catholic.
The Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino,formerly Partido ng Masang Pilipino,is a populist political party in the Philippines. It is the political party of former Philippine President Joseph E. Estrada. In the May 1998 presidential election,it aligned itself with other political parties to form the Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino.
The Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan is the political multi-party electoral alliance that supported president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,who won 2004 Philippine presidential election. It is the remnant of the People Power Coalition that was formed following the ascendancy of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to power. Arroyo is seeking a complete term under this coalition with Sen. Noli de Castro,an independent,yet popular,politician,as her running mate.
The 1998 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on May 11,1998. In the presidential election,Vice President Joseph Estrada won a six-year term as President by a landslide victory. In the vice-presidential race,Senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo won a six-year term as Vice President,also by a landslide victory. This was the third election where both the president and vice president came from different parties.
The 14th Congress of the Philippines,composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives,met from July 23,2007,until June 9,2010,during the last three years of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's presidency. The convening of the 14th Congress followed the 2007 general elections,which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives. It celebrated the centennial year of the Philippine legislature.
Together Everybody Achieves More (TEAM) Unity was an electoral alliance in the Philippines that contested the 2007 Philippine general election. TEAM Unity's candidates were supporters of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her administration. The alliance sought to win several Senate and House seats to protect Arroyo from impeachment attempts. Politicians who opposed the Arroyo administration formed their own electoral alliance,Genuine Opposition (GO),to challenge TEAM Unity.
Genuine Opposition (GO) was an electoral alliance in the Philippines that contested the 2007 Philippine general election. The alliance's members were in opposition to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. It was originally called the United Opposition (UNO),founded by Makati mayor Jejomar Binay in June 2005 to unite all politicians who wanted to impeach President Arroyo. UNO then reorganized itself and changed its name to Grand and Broad Coalition (GBC),with the UNO party under that coalition. On February 15,2007,the group changed its name again to Genuine Opposition after a meeting with Senate President Manny Villar due to the defection of senators Edgardo Angara,Tessie Aquino-Oreta,and Tito Sotto to Arroyo's senatorial slate,TEAM Unity.
One Cebu (1-CEBU) is a provincial political party based in the province of Cebu. It is headed by Gwendolyn Garcia,governor of Cebu.
José"Peping" Sumulong Cojuangco Jr. is a Filipino former congressman and the 9th President of the Philippine Olympic Committee from 2004 to 2018. He is a member of the influential Cojuangco political family.
The 2010 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on Monday,May 10,2010. The ruling President of the Philippines,Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,was ineligible to seek re-election as per the 1987 Constitution,thus necessitating an election to select the 15th President.
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats,abbreviated as Lakas–CMD and also known simply as Lakas,is a political party in the Philippines. Lakas–CMD is considered to sit on the centre-right of the political spectrum and is influenced by Christian democracy and Islamic democracy. Since the 2022 elections,Lakas–CMD is currently the biggest party in the House of Representatives,with the party's president,Martin Romualdez,serving as Speaker of the House. The party is a dominant member of the UniTeam Alliance led by President Bongbong Marcos.
Local elections were held in the Manila on May 10,2010,within the Philippine general election. The voters will elect for the elective local posts in the city:the mayor,vice mayor,the six Congressmen,and the councilors,six in each of the city's six legislative districts.
The 2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections were held on May 10,2010,to elect members to the House of Representatives of the Philippines to serve in the 15th Congress of the Philippines from June 30,2010,to June 30,2013. The Philippines uses parallel voting for seats in the House of Representatives;a voter has two votes:one for a representative from one's legislative district,and another for a sectoral representative via closed lists under the party-list system,with a 2% election threshold and 3-seat cap,when the parties with 2% of the national vote or more not meeting the 20% of the total seats,parties with less than 2% of the vote will get one seat each until the 20% requirement is met.
Elections were held in the National Capital Region (Metro Manila) for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 10,2010.
Presidential elections,legislative elections and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 10,2004. In the presidential election,incumbent president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo won a full six-year term as president,with a margin of just over one million votes over her leading opponent,highly popular movie actor Fernando Poe Jr.
The Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI),formerly known as the Kabalikat ng Mamamayang Pilipino,was a political party in the Philippines. It is the main party of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. In June 2008,Kampi merged into the Lakas–CMD.
The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino is a liberal political party in the Philippines.
Local elections were held in Sarangani on May 13,2013,within the Philippine general election. Voters will select candidates for all local positions:a town mayor,vice mayor and town councilors,as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan,the vice-governor,governor and a representative for the lone district of Sarangani. Incumbent governor Miguel Rene Dominguez is barred for seeking another term because he is limited to three terms only.
Margarita "Tingting" de los Reyes Cojuangco is a Filipina politician,philanthropist and socialite. She was the former Chairman of the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi) party and a member of the Council of Philippine Affairs (COPA). She was a candidate for a seat in the Senate in the 2013 Philippine Senate Election. Cojuangco lost in the election. She is the aunt of former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Jejomar Binay,former Mayor of Makati and then-incumbent Vice President of the Philippines,was announced on July 1,2015,during the launch of the United Nationalist Alliance as a political party at the Makati Coliseum.
