Lakas ng Bayan

Lakas ng Bayan

Lakas ng Bayan (English: "People's Power") was a political party in the Philippines formed by Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. for the 1978 Interim Batasang Pambansa regional elections. The party had 21 candidates for the Metro Manila area, all of whom lost due to widespread election fraud. The party's acronym was "LABAN", a Filipino word which in English means "Fight".

After Aquino's exile to the United States, the party was managed by the brother of Aquino's wife, Jose "Peping" Cojuangco, Jr.

By 1984, the party had formed a coalition with the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino of Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., and by 1986, the two parties were completely merged to form the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan party or PDP-LABAN

The name "Lakas ng Bayan" would eventually be reused in the 1987 Philippine legislative elections, as the name of a coaltion led by the United Nationalists Democratic Organizations party of President Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino and Vice-President Salvador Laurel.

Candidates - 1978 Interim Batasang Pambansa


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