Nationalist People's Coalition

The Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) is a conservative political party in the Philippines which was founded in 1992 by presidential candidate Danding Cojuangco.

History

Formation

In 1990, amid political and economic uncertainty in the aftermath of the 1986 People Power Revolution, members of civil society and business groups invited businessman Danding Cojuangco, a former associate of deposed President Ferdinand Marcos, to lead a national coalition for the 1992 national elections. Cojuangco's supporters, who called themselves ''Friends of Danding'', began organizing because of limited time before the polls.

Cojuangco expressed interest in running under the Nacionalista Party where he had long-standing ties, provided the nomination process was fair. Two other national figures were also seeking the party nomination, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile and Vice President Salvador Laurel who was the party president. Internal disputes arose between Laurel and former Rizal Governor Isidro Rodriguez over the nomination rules. With the issues unresolved and the party divided, Cojuangco's backers formed a new party, Partido Pilipino, led by Jerry Barican, Antonio Gatmaitan, and Butch Valdes. The Commission on Elections officially registered the party on February 5, 1991.

Nacionalista eventually split into the Laurel and Rodriguez wings, with the latter supporting Cojuangco. A court ruling in favor of the Laurel wing prompted Cojuangco's allies to consolidate under a broader umbrella group, the Nationalist People's Coalition. This coalition included the Rodriguez wing, Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, Partido Pilipino and its regional parties such as Bagong Lakas ng Nueva Ecija, sectoral groups, and independent politicians.

1992

In the 1992 elections, Cojuangco ran for president under the NPC banner with Senator Joseph Estrada, whose Partido ng Masang Pilipino coalesced with NPC, for vice president. Other NPC candidates for various races ran under affiliated parties. Cojuangco placed third, while Estrada won the vice presidential race in a landslide. After the elections, Partido Pilipino was renamed the Nationalist People's Coalition, formalizing the group into a political party with leadership transferred to newly-elected NPC officers.NPC Party History
NPC website Retrieved December 17, 2006.

1998

The NPC was a member of the Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (LAMMP), the political vehicle of vice president Joseph Estrada in the 1998 presidential elections. It left the LAMMP after Estrada was removed from power in January 2001.

2001

When Gloria Macapagal Arroyo assumed the presidency, her People Power Coalition (led by the Lakas–CMD party) became the dominant group in Congress. The 75-member Lakas party led the " Sunshine Coalition," which included the 61-member NPC, members of the Liberal Party, and several other minor parties. The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) party led the 20-member opposition bloc.

2003

In 2003, after the failure of impeachment filing in the House against Chief Justice Hilario Davide, rumors speculated that the coalition will go to abolishment, as pro-impeachment congressmen, mainly from the NPC disappointed in the failure of impeachment. The rumors spread, also saying that there is a faction that are lacking of satisfaction on de Venecia and will challenge his speakership. NPC later prompted to quit in the coalition for the 2004 elections, and later rumored to join the opposition.

2004

In 2003, the LDP and NPC backed businessman Danding Cojuangco as a potential presidential candidate in that year's elections. Cojuangco, the NPC chair, withdrew from the campaign. But before the end of the year, NPC was sending 'mixed signals' that possibly confuse the public whether they will stay on the administration camp or jump into the opposition. Although the NPC had no seats in the Senate, the party had 53 seats in the House of Representatives after the election.

2010

Two of its former House stalwarts, Senator Chiz Escudero and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro (a nephew of Cojuangco) left NPC for their presidential ambitions. Teodoro joined Lakas–Kampi and launched his presidential campaign there, while Escudero planned also to run for presidency, but later withdrawn his bid and launched NoyBi. NPC, led by its new chairman Faustino Dy Jr., forged a coalition with Manny Villar's Nacionalista to support the latter's presidential campaign with selection of Loren Legarda as running mate.

2013

With Tito Sotto's chairmanship assumption, NPC forged an alliance with the administration's Team PNoy. But Sotto sided with Jejomar Binay's UNA, with Congressman Jack Enrile as one of its senatoriables.

2022

After Cojuangco's death in 2020, NPC supported the vice presidential campaign of its chairman Sotto. But, in the preferences of presidential candidates, majority of them supported either Bongbong Marcos, or Panfilo Lacson's campaign, which was Sotto's running mate.

2025

After the victory of Tito Sotto in senate elections of the same year, him and Chiz Escudero, are rumored to battle for senate presidency. One of their members in the Senate JV Ejercito proposed the two to make a gentlemen's agreement, with Escudero stay and Sotto will be the next seated.

1995 election

The NPC fielded a 12-person Senatorial slate in the 1995 elections as an opposition party to the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos. They ran against the administration-backed Lakas–Laban Coalition.

Candidates

2007 election

In the 2007 elections, the party won 26 seats:

* Mark Cojuangco
* Faustino Dy Jr.
* Giorgidi B. Aggabao
* Michael John Duavit
* Mark Mendoza
* Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr.
* Vicente Sotto III
* Ace Durano
* Avelino Razon Jr.
* Anthony Golez
* Ernesto Maceda
* Estelito Mendoza
* Darlene Antonino Custodio
* Daisy Avance-Fuentes
* Sixto Brillantes
* Loren Legarda
* Anna Dominique Coseteng
* Sherwin T. Gatchalian
* Francis Nepomuceno
* Vic Amante
* Evelio Leonardia
* Joan V. Alarilla
* Angelito Gatlabayan
* Luis Asistio
* Ding Roman
* Enrique Cojuangco
* Claude Bautista
* Emmanuel "Manny" Piñol
* Josemari Macasaquit
* Juan Ponce "Jack" Enrile Jr.
* Eleanor Bulut-Begtang
* Arnulfo P. Fuentebella
* Crisanto S. Rances
* Felix William B. Fuentebella
* Elizabeth "Tita Beth" A. Delarmente
* Francis "Chiz" Escudero
* Tom P. Bongalonta, Jr.

2010

2010 presidential elections

Loren Legarda – Vice-presidential candidate from the Nacionalista Party and LDP (lost)

Senate:
* Miriam Defensor Santiago (under the PRP and guest candidate of Lakas–Kampi, LDP, Nacionalista and PMP) (won)
* Rodolfo Plaza (guest candidate from PMP) (lost)
*Tito Sotto (won)

2013

Senate:
* Loren Legarda – guest candidate from Liberal Party/ Team PNoy (won)
* Jack Enrile – guest candidate from Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino/ United Nationalist Alliance (lost)
* Edward Hagedorn – independent (lost)

2016

*President: Grace Poe (lost)
*Vice President: Francis Escudero (lost)

Senate:
*Win Gatchalian (won)
*Tito Sotto (won)

2019

Senate:
* Jinggoy Estrada (guest candidate, lost)
* JV Ejercito (lost)
*Lito Lapid (won)
*Imee Marcos (guest candidate, won)
* Grace Poe (guest candidate, won)
*Bong Revilla (guest candidate, won)

2022

Vice President: Tito Sotto (lost)

Senate:
* Herbert Bautista (lost)
*Win Gatchalian (won)
* Loren Legarda (won)
*Francis Escudero (won)
* JV Ejercito (won)
* Manny Piñol (lost)

2025

Senate:
* Abby Binay
*Tito Sotto
*Lito Lapid
* Panfilo Lacson (Guest candidate albeit running Independent)

Electoral performance

Presidential and vice presidential elections

Legislative elections

Notes

19th Congress

Senate

* JV Ejercito
*Francis Escudero
*Win Gatchalian
*Lito Lapid
* Loren Legarda

House of Representatives

District Representatives

* Tyrone Agabas
* Genaro Alvarez
* Erico Aristotle Aumentado
* Lorna Bautista-Bandigan
* Gabriel Bordado
* Elias Bulut, Jr.
* Luis Campos, Jr.
* Solomon Chungalao
* Carlos Cojuangco
* Faustino Michael Dy III
* Ian Paul Dy
* Michael John Duavit
* Mark Enverga
* Sandra Eriguel
* Evelina Guevarra-Escudero
* Bayani Fernando
* Arnie Fuentebella
* Weslie Gatchalian
* Greg Gasataya
* J. Veronique Lacson-Noel
* Loren Legarda
* Dahlia Ambayec-Loyola
* Manuel Luis Lopez
* Bernardita Ramos
* Strike Revilla
* Xavier Jesus Romualdo
* Roman Romulo
* Manuel Sagarbarria
* Angelina "Helen" Tan
* Josemari Macasaquit
* Arnulfo Teves, Jr.
* Gerardo Valmayor
* Noel Villanueva
* Victor Yap

Current party officials

* Leader: Mark Cojuangco
* President: Jack Duavit
* Chairman: Tito Sotto
* Secretary-General: Mark Llandro Mendoza
* Spokesperson: Mark Enverga
* Senate President: Francis Escudero

Party leadership history

Chairman

See also

* Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino
* Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino

References

External links

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