Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino

The Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI, formerly the Kabalikat ng Mamamayang Pilipino) is a political party in the Philippines. It is the mother party of the incumbent Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Kampi was formed during the run up to the 1998 presidential elections as the vehicle for then Senator Arroyo's presidential campaign, after she defected from the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, the party she had been with since she was first elected in 1995. Vicente Sotto III was picked to be her running mate. Before the filing of candidacies, she decided to be the running mate of then Lakas-CMD presidential hopeful Jose de Venecia. As a result, Kampi went on hiatus.

There were no results available of the last elections for the House of Representatives, but according to the website of the House, the party holds 26 out of 235 seats (state of the parties, june 2005). The party was at the 2004 elections member of the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow), the coalition that supported president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who won the 2004 presidential elections. Many legislators of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats defected to Kampi.

Currently, KAMPI is actively recruiting members to bolster its chances to be the biggest party in the country jeopardizing its alliance with Lakas CMD because they are raiding local officials allied with Lakas CMD or they are fielding candidates against incumbent administration officials.

as of March 24, 2007 KAMPI boasts of having 67 members of the House of Representatives, 23 provincial governors, and 650 out of the 1610 mayors all over the country.

[edit] Current Officials

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo - Chairman Emeritus
Ronaldo Puno - Chairman
Jose "Peping" Cojuangco - Vice Chairman
Luis Villafuerte Sr. - President

[edit] Notable Members

Joker Arroyo (incumbent Senator, re-electionist)
Joey Sarte Salceda (Former Albay Representative and incumbent Presidential Chief of Staff)
Anthony Miranda (Isabela Representative)
Arman Sanchez (Jueteng lord and Batangas Governor)
Gwendolyn Garcia (Cebu Governor)
Josie Dela Cruz (Outgoing Bulacan Governor)
Lilia Pineda (Pampanga Board Member and gubernatorial candidate and wife of suspected jueteng lord Bong Pineda)
Yeng Guiao (Pampanga Vice Governor and Red Bull Barako Coach)
Strike Revilla (Outgoing PCSO Director, Bacoor mayoral candidate, and brother of Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr.)
Joson clan of Nueva Ecija
Buluts clan of Apayao