Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino
The Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (lit. 'Struggle of the Patriotic Filipino Masses') was the umbrella political coalition opposition party during the 1998 Philippine general election that led to the election into the presidency of then-Vice President Joseph Estrada. It was the largest political party during that time, uniting the major Philippine political parties which included then Senator Edgardo Angara's Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, business tycoon Danding Cojuangco's Nationalist People's Coalition and Estrada's Partido ng Masang Pilipino, along with minor and regional parties. Angara, the running mate of Estrada, lost to fellow senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of Lakas—NUCD—UMDP. Estrada won the presidency against then-House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. with a plurality margin of six million votes.
Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino | |
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President | Joseph Estrada |
Founder | Joseph Estrada |
Founded | 1997 |
Dissolved | 2001 |
Succeeded by | Puwersa ng Masa |
Headquarters | Pasay City |
Ideology | Populism |
Political position | Centre to centre-left |
National affiliation | PMP LDP NPC PDP–Laban |
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Shortly after the 1998 elections, the party's name was changed into Lapian ng Masang Pilipino (Organization of the Filipino Masses), as the "struggle" ended with Estrada's victory.