Veterans Freedom Party

Veterans Freedom Party

The Veterans Freedom Party is a party-list in the Philippines. It is the electoral wing of the Veterans Federation of the Philippines .

In the 2004 elections for the House of Representatives the party-list got 340,759 votes (2.6785% of the nationwide vote) [ [http://www.comelec.gov.ph/results/2004partylist.html COMELEC Election Results ] ] and one seat (Ernesto Gidaya). [ [http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/search.php?id=gidaya House Members - House of Representatives of the Philippines ] ] VFP was one of 5 party-lists said to have received presidential support in connection with the Garci tapes affair. [ [http://www.pcij.org/i-report/special/partylist.html Special Issue | Messing with the Party List ] ]

Gidaya died on December 4, 2006. Two former candidates of the party contested to replace him, Estrella Santos and Rodolfo Gutang. Gutang is the general secretary of the party. [ [http://www.gov.ph/news/default.asp?i=7612 Gordon to DFA: Lobby for Fil Veterans : Philippines : Gov.Ph : News ] ]

References

External Links

* [http://www.veteransfreedomparty.org.ph Veterans Freedom Party Official website]


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