Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino
(KAMPI)
Chairman Margarita "Tingting" Cojuangco
President Ronaldo Puno
Titular head Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
Secretary General Emigdio Tanjuatco
Founded 1997
Political Ideology Liberal Conservatism[citation needed]
Political Position Centrist[citation needed]
International Affiliation None
Color(s) Gold, White, Blue
Website kampi.ph
See also Politics of the Philippines

Political parties
Elections

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

Contents

[edit] Birth

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 coalesced with Lakas CMD during the 1998 presidential elections.

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 is said to have 67 members of the House of Representatives, 23 provincial governors, and 650 out of the 1610 mayors all over the country. In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won 47 seats [1].

On January 31, 2008, Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (KAMPI) announced that 134 congressman signed a manifesto of "loss of confidence" versus Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. Luis Villafuerte, KAMPI president, said the successor should be Davao City 4th district Rep. Prospero Nograles.[2]


Philippines

This article is part of the series:
Politics and government of
the Philippines
Government
Political history · Constitution
Executive
President (list)
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
2001 – 2010

Vice President (list)
Noli de Castro
2004 – 2010

Executive Departments
(list)
Legislative
14th Congress
2007 – 2010
Senate House
President
Manuel Villar, Jr.		 Speaker
Prospero Nograles
Judiciary
Supreme Court

Chief Justice Reynato Puno
Court of Appeals · Sandiganbayan
Court of Tax Appeals · Ombudsman
Elections
Commission on Elections
Chairman:Jose Melo
2013 | 2010 | 2007 | 2004 | 2001 | 1998
1995 | 1992 | 1987 | 1986 | All
Political parties
Administrative divisions
Capital
Regions
Provinces
 Cities
Municipalities
Barangays

Foreign relations
Government Website
Human rights
Other countries · Atlas
 Politics Portal
view • talk • edit

[edit] Merger with Lakas-CMD

Former President and Lakas-CMD Chairman Emeritus Fidel Ramos announced on February 6, 2008 that Lakas-CMD would be the surviving entity after its merger with KAMPI. [3]

[edit] Current officials

[edit] Notable members

[edit] References

  1. ^ See Philippine general election, 2007.
  2. ^ Abs-Cbn Interactive, KAMPI expecting new speaker by Monday
  3. ^ Inquirer.net, Ramos: De Venecia to remain president in Lakas-Kampi merger
v • d • e
Political parties in the Philippines Flag of the Philippines
TEAM Unity
Genuine Opposition
Local/Unaffiliated parties
Party list organizations
Portal:Politics - List of political parties - Politics of the Philippines