Nacionalista Party

The Nacionalista Party was initially created as a Filipino nationalist party that supported Philippine independence until 1946 when the United States granted independence to the country.[1][6][7] Since then, many scholarly articles that dealt with the history of political parties during the Third Republic agreed that the party has been increasingly populist,[4][5][7][9][10] although some argued they had conservative[1][8] tendencies because of their opposition to the Liberal Party and the Progressive Party. The populist ideology of the party remained to present day as described on their website.

The original Nacionalista Party that was founded on August 21, 1901 in Calle Gunao, Quiapo, Manila, was forgotten. In that Quiapo Assembly, the following officers of the true Nacionalista were elected, namely Santiago Álvarez and Pascual Poblete as presidents; Andres Villanueva, vice president; Macario Sakay, secretary general; Francisco Carreón, Alejandro Santiago, Domingo Moriones, Águedo del Rosario, Cenón Nicdao, Nicolás Rivera, Salustiano Santiago, Aurelio Tolentino, Pantaleón Torres, Valentín Diza, Briccio Pantas, Lope K. Santos, Pío H. Santos, Salustiano Cruz, Valentín Solís and José Palma.

The party began as the country's vehicle for independence, through the building of a modern nation-state and the advocacy of efficient self-rule, dominating the Philippine Assembly (1907–1916), the Philippine Legislature (1916–1935) and the pre-war years of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935–1941). During the Japanese occupation, political parties were replaced by the KALIBAPI.

By the second half of the century, the party was one of the main political contenders for leadership in the country in competition with the Liberals and the Progressives during the decades between the devastation of World War II and the violent suppression of partisan politics of the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship.

In 1978, in a throwback to the Japanese occupation, political parties were asked to merge into the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, although the Nacionalistas preferred to go into hibernation. Eventually, the party was revived during the late 1980s and early 1990s by the Laurel family, which has dominated the party since the 1950s. The Nacionalista Party is now being led by party president and former Senator Manuel Villar and had three vice presidential candidates running independently or in tandem with other political parties (Alan Peter Cayetano, Bongbong Marcos and Antonio Trillanes) in the 2016 general elections. Two of the other present parties, the Liberal Party and the Nationalist People's Coalition, are breakaways from the Nacionalista Party.[1]

• PDP–Laban
• Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino
• Lakas–CMD
• National Unity Party
  • United Bangsamoro Justice Party
• People's Reform Party
• United Nationalist Alliance
• Team PNoy
• Liberal
• Alyansa – Davao del Sur and Davao Occidental
• Alayon – Cebu
• Kugi Uswag Sugbu – Cebu City
• Partido Magdalo – Cavite
• PaDayon Pilipino – Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro
• Fuerza Zamboanga – Zamboanga City
• One Batangas – Batangas

• Manuel Villar – presidential candidate (lost)
• Loren Legarda – vice presidential candidate (lost)

Senatorial Slate (11)

• Pia Cayetano (won)
• Bongbong Marcos (won)
• Liza Maza (lost)
• Ramon Mitra III (lost)
• Satur Ocampo (lost)
• Susan Ople (lost)
• Gwen Pimentel (lost)
• Ariel Querubin (lost)
• Gilbert Remulla (lost)
• Adel Tamano (lost)
• Miriam Defensor Santiago (won)

Senatorial Slate (3) (Team PNoy)

• Cynthia Villar (won)
• Alan Peter Cayetano (won)
• Antonio Trillanes (won)

Vice President:

• Alan Peter Cayetano (lost)
• Bongbong Marcos (lost)
• Antonio Trillanes (lost)

Senatorial Slate

• Susan Ople (guest candidate of United Nationalist Alliance and Partido ng Galing at Puso) (lost)

Senatorial Slate (3) (Hugpong ng Pagbabago)

• Pia Cayetano (won)
• Imee Marcos (won)
• Cynthia Villar (won)

In the 2010 general election, the Nacionalista and the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) formed an alliance after it was approved by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) on April 12, 2010.[16] The Nacionalistas fielded Senator Manuel Villar and running with fellow Senator Loren Legarda who is a member of the NPC. It became the dominant minority party after a resolution passed by the COMELEC. On April 21, 2010, it was blocked by the Supreme Court after a suit filed by the rival Liberal Party.[16] On May 6, 2010, the Supreme Court nullified the merger and therefore giving the Liberal Party to be the dominant minority party. It was based on a resolution by the COMELEC giving political parties to be accredited by August 17, 2009.[17]

The coalition was made to help the Nacionalista Party to help boost the presidential campaign of Senator Villar and have a chance to be the dominant minority party by the COMELEC which give the rights to poll watchers during the canvassing of votes.[18] However, it is being challenged by the Liberal Party calls the said alliance a bogus alliance and they are seeking the same party status by the COMELEC.[16] Several local races are also being challenged from both parties, therefore causing confusion in those races.[18]

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