Laban_ng_Makabayang_Masang_Pilipino
Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino
Political party in the Philippines
The Laban ng Makabayang Masang Pilipino (lit. 'Struggle of the Patriotic Filipino Masses') was the umbrella political coalition opposition party during the 1998 Philippine general election that led to the election into the presidency of then-Vice President Joseph Estrada. It was the largest political party during that time, uniting the major Philippine political parties which included then Senator Edgardo Angara's Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, business tycoon Danding Cojuangco's Nationalist People's Coalition and Estrada's Partido ng Masang Pilipino,[1] along with minor and regional parties. Angara, the running mate of Estrada, lost to fellow senator Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of Lakas—NUCD—UMDP. Estrada won the presidency against then-House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. with a plurality margin of six million votes.
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Shortly after the 1998 elections, the party's name was changed into Lapian ng Masang Pilipino (Organization of the Filipino Masses), as the "struggle" ended with Estrada's victory.